One day as I was sailin' on the Carribean Sea I spied a little fishin' vessel wrapped in nameless weed Her sails were torn and tattered and her wheel was spinning free I told myself that little boat sure looks a lot like me As I pulled along beside her and I climbed upon her deck In the silence I could feel the hair a risin' on my neck I thought as I walked through the empty quarters down below That lost abandoned vessel was the sister of my soul 'Cause like a ship without a rudder I'm just driftin' with the tide Each day I'm drawin' closer to the brink Just a speck up on the waters of an ocean deep and wide I won't even make a ripple when I sink In the emptiness my footsteps were like echoes in a cave That seemed to say there ain't no healing 'neath this floating grave When I scrabbled to the deck, my ship had vanished like a dream Leavin' nothing but the lonely waves to hear my silent scream 'Cause like a ship without a rudder I'm just driftin' with the tide Each day I'm drawin' closer to the brink Just a speck up on the waters of an ocean deep and wide I won't even make a ripple when I sink