Oh my God, think I'm lost at sea
The silent waves are my company
And I lost the land between the sky it seems
And wondering, "Will the wind ever come free?"
Yeah

Cause I don't know, I don't know where I am
Can you tell me, will I break or will I bend
Will the wind ever come again
Oh, oh

I feel the sun coming out, rising from the east
And I see the empire, falling to her knees
And I lost the land between, her and me
My troubles are gone if the wind ever comes free
Yeah

Cause I don't know, I don't know where I am
Can you tell me, will I break or will I bend
Will the wind ever come

You, left me on the shoreline
You will stand and bare
But you, I'll find you waiting
You were waiting for me, waiting for me

Tried to kiss the emptiness
Lost the line between sky and sea
I feel the sun coming up, coming up, coming up, coming up

But I don't know, I don't know where I am
I will break or I will bend
Will the wind ever come again?



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Track duration: 04:15

"The Wind" as written by Manfred Mann, Colin Pattenden, Mick Rogers, Chris Slade

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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    General Comment:This song, as stated in several interviews, is about Joe King's divorce - and in a broader sense, it is the story of someone being forced to start over.
    The speaker is floating in the sea, waiting for the wind to push him back in the direction he was going. It was as if he had found an island to make a life on but is now back out at sea.
    It's a song about finding your way when everywhere you used to go no longer exists and everything is suddenly unfarmilar.

    The lyrics above are incorrect. These are right.

    Oh my god
    I think I'm lost at sea
    These silent waves
    Are my company
    And I lost the line between the sky and sea
    And I'm wondering will the wind ever come for me?
    Yeah

    I don't know
    I don't know where I am
    Can you tell me?
    Will I break or will I bend?
    Will the wind ever come again?

    I see the sun coming up
    Rising from the east
    And I see the empire
    Falling to her knees
    And I lost the line between her and me
    My troubles are gone if the wind ever comes for me
    Yeah

    I don't know
    I don't know where I am
    Can you tell me?
    Will I break or will I bend?
    Will the wind ever come?

    I dreamed I found a shoreline
    You were standing there
    I dreamed I found you waiting
    You were waiting for me,
    Waiting for me

    Tried to kiss the emptiness
    Lost the line between
    Sky and sea
    I feel the sun coming up
    Coming up,
    Coming up,
    Coming up

    I don't know
    I don't know where I am
    I will break or I will bend
    Will the wind ever come again?
    Flag RDefina13on February 04, 2013   Link
  • -1
    My Interpretation:"Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." - Jesus in John 3:7-8.

    He's sort of waiting for The Wind, this motion of new birth to come into his life. He feels alone, and feels like his spirit is breaking, but he's hoping it's just a bad time, and that he will bend and The Wind will come and renew him. He realizes that God was waiting for him on the shoreline where he thought he had been left alone. God never really left.

    When he says, "Tried to kiss the emptiness," I think he means he was getting sucked into the world and what it does, trying to embrace the emptiness in hopes that it would bring some fulfillment, but really there is nothing in emptiness, and he finally realized that.

    As stated in the previous comments, the members are Christians, originally a teen worship band at their church. I feel like Scars and Stories has much more religious themes than any of their other stuff (I think they tried to avoid it so they didn't get labeled as "Christian").
    Flag swft24on May 12, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I believe this song is about those choice that may change your life.
    We feel lost because we have to make a choise about an opportunity, "the wind", and we really don't know if it will ever come again.
    Flag nicosta080on May 02, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:love this song! <3
    Flag geologynerd89on February 13, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Is this song about being lost in life in general..? or being lost at sea?
    Flag Rynon February 08, 2012   Link

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