We built this ship

We built it to take on an ocean, to soar through waves, to find new shores

We were cutting down trees, laughing in the sun, bathing in the rain

We built this ship, dancing to the sound of chisels and hammers, dreaming in the smell of fresh cut wood

We built and built, thinning the forest and building in the newly opened land

The sun were shining through the trees, heating up our new houses

We danced on the hot ground, we drank through the cool night

And now I am stranded, alone

The night is cold, the sun burns on my skin

The trees have gone, my people with them

Sand between my teeth, I scramble for the sails to catch the dry wind

That only starts to bury my ship in waves of sand

There is no more to take

Now, I walk with what I have