Dartmouth Ferry
Journey of Redemption: Dartmouth's Melancholic Call
Lyrics
Scatter my ashes
Expressing a desire for ashes to be scattered.
From the Dartmouth Ferry
Specifically, from the Dartmouth Ferry, indicating a connection to a location.
Even though I was not born there
Despite not being born there, emphasizing a meaningful association with Dartmouth.
Let me slip and sail
Desire for a fluid, unrestrained journey, possibly metaphorical.
Let the south winds wail
Invoking a sense of natural elements, with south winds wailing, contributing to the atmosphere.
Heading home into the air
Heading home into the air, suggesting a spiritual or emotional return.
I found my sweet solace
Finding solace in a comforting or peaceful experience.
By that rolling river
By a rolling river, a serene and constant presence, contributing to the speaker's peace.
In a place somewhere out of time
Describing the location as timeless, perhaps transcending ordinary temporal constraints.
She winds and rages
Personifying the river as winding and raging, influencing the speaker's life story.
Turns my battered pages
The river turns the speaker's battered pages, symbolizing life's challenges.
Whispers a mystical rhyme
Whispers a mystical rhyme, suggesting a spiritual or mysterious guidance from the river.
You never expect it
Expressing surprise or unexpectedness when a dream slips away.
When a dream slips away
Acknowledging the inevitability of dreams fading and the emotional impact of such realization.
And you find you're falling too fast
Describing a rapid descent or emotional fall when dreams are lost.
But she knew I was hurting
Despite the pain, someone, possibly the river, understands the speaker's hurt.
She is eternally certain
Asserting the eternal certainty of this understanding, emphasizing a lasting connection.
And I follow her now to the last
The speaker follows this understanding to the last, indicating a committed journey or allegiance.
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