In the hush between the waves
Where the ocean guards its graves
There's a voice beneath the foam
Calling sailors back to home
Not with thunder, not with flame
But a breath that speaks your name
Through the rigging, through the mast
From a long-forgotten past
Hear it drift across the tide
Feel it crawling deep inside
Like a memory half-missed
Like a lover's final kiss
Blackrock's whisper in the dark
Fading ember, hidden spark
Blackrock's whisper on the sea
You belong to memory
When the lanterns gutter low
When the north winds start to blow
Every oath and every scar
Leads you where the dead men are
Compass spins but finds no true
Every star looks back at you
Footsteps echo on the deck
From a ghost you can't detect
Salt upon the tongue of fear
Something ancient drawing near
Not a shout and not a cry
Just a promise you can't deny
Hear it drift across the tide
Feel it crawling deep inside
Like a memory half-missed
Like a lover's final kiss
Blackrock's whisper in the dark
Fading ember, hidden spark
Blackrock's whisper on the sea
You belong to memory
When the lanterns gutter low
When the north winds start to blow
Every oath and every scar
Leads you where the dead men are
You can drown his name in wine
You can curse the warning sign
But the tide remembers all
And it answers when you call
Blackrock's whisper in the gale
Tells the oldest, darkest tale
When the harbour holds its breath
You can taste the salt of death