"Island Of Souls (2025)" lyrics

Gideon was born within sight of the shipyard
This son of a riveter's son
And Gideon was raised as the ship grew a shadow
Her great hull would blot out the light of the sun

And six days a week he would watch his poor father
A working man, live like a slave
He'd drink every night and he'd dream of a future
Of money he never could save

Gideon would cry when he thought of the future

Year after year a new bottle was broken
That launched the great ship out to sea
He'd watch it sail out past the bend in the river
The town that he desperately wanted to flee

What else was there for a ship builder's son?
A new ship to complete, new work to be done
One day he dreamed of the ship in the world
That would carry his soul to the sea
To a place they would never be found
To a place far away from this town

Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship
All the workmen suspended like flies
Caught in the flare of acetylene light
A glimpse of a future he'd come to despise

Gideon would cry when he thought of the future

Then what they call "an industrial accident"
Left old Joe Fletcher half-dead
They brought Gideon's father back home in an ambulance
A brass watch, a cheque, and an invalid's bed

What else was there for a ship builder's son?
New ships to complete, new work to be done
That night he dreamed of the ship in the world
That would carry his soul to the sea
To a place he could never be found
To a place far away from this town

This Newcastle ship without coals
'Til we sail to the island of souls