[ti:The Lighthouse's Tale] [ar:Nickel Creek] [al:Reasons Why] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Lighthouse's Tale - Nickel Creek [00:26.64]I am a lighthouse [00:28.84] [00:29.75]Worn by the weather and the waves [00:33.56] [00:34.89]I keep my lamp lit [00:37.79]To warn the sailors on their way [00:41.33] [00:42.97]I'll tell a story [00:45.40] [00:46.16]Paint you a picture from my past [00:49.85] [00:51.35]I was so happy [00:54.45]But joy in this life seldom lasts [00:58.43] [01:16.15]I had a keeper [01:18.73] [01:19.30]He helped me warn the ships at sea [01:23.02] [01:24.49]We had grown closer [01:27.52]'Til his joy meant everything to me [01:31.68] [01:32.74]He was to marry [01:35.23] [01:35.91]A girl who shone with beauty and light [01:39.71] [01:40.99]They loved each other [01:43.87]And with me [01:44.44]Watched the sunsets into nights [01:47.99] [01:49.18]And the waves crash around me [01:53.08] [01:53.96]The sand slips out to sea [01:57.63]And the winds that blow remind me [02:01.64]Of what has been [02:02.94] [02:05.33]And what can never be [02:08.25] [02:26.93]She'd had to leave us [02:28.79] [02:29.84]My keeper [02:30.31]He prayed for a safe return [02:32.83] [02:34.82]But when the night came [02:37.27] [02:37.95]The weather to a [02:39.03]Raging storm had turned [02:41.97] [02:42.94]He watched her ship fight [02:45.74]But in vain against [02:47.08]The wild and terrible wind [02:50.02] [02:51.10]In me so helpless [02:54.27]As dashed against the [02:55.83]Rocks she met her end [02:58.72] [02:59.64]And the waves crash around me [03:03.55] [03:04.45]The sand slips out to sea [03:08.04]And the winds that blow remind me [03:11.86]Of what has been [03:13.28] [03:15.65]And what can never be [03:17.81] [03:37.17]Then on the next day [03:39.35] [03:40.02]My keeper found her [03:41.10]Washed up on the shore [03:43.54] [03:44.93]He kissed her cold face [03:48.29]And that they'd be together [03:49.96]Soon he swore [03:52.44] [03:53.31]I saw him crying [03:55.81] [03:56.45]Watched as he buried in the sand [03:59.85] [04:01.70]Then he climbed my tower [04:04.69]And off the edge of me he ran [04:09.16] [04:09.82]And the waves crash around me [04:13.83] [04:14.41]The sand slips out to sea [04:18.40]And the winds that blow remind me [04:22.36]Of what has been [04:23.66] [04:25.58]And what can never be [04:28.16] [04:39.07]I am a lighthouse [04:41.09] [04:42.13]Worn by the weather and the waves [04:45.85] [04:47.24]And though I'm empty [04:49.72] [04:50.26]I still warn the sailors on their way