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Wasted on the Way

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LYRICS
[Chorus]
I might get a little wasted on the way
'Cause I'm tired and I got no place to stay
And I need some help to get me through my day
So excuse me if I get wasted on the way

[Verse 1]
I saw her as a child so wild and free
The ghosts of moonlight danced around her feet
A face kissed by the autumn breeze
We chased each other through the falling leaves

And If I could only see what she would come to be
But a stranger came to town and took her all away from me

[Chorus]
I might get a little wasted on the way
'Cause I'm tired and I got no place to stay
And I need some help to get me through my day
So excuse me if I get wasted on the way

[Verse 2]
I seen a young girl trying to hide her scars
Standing in the gutter searching for the stars
Erasing all the traces of her memories
Looking for a way that's gonna set her free

[Chorus]
I might get a little wasted on the way
'Cause I'm tired and I got no place to stay
And I need some help to get me through my day
So excuse me if I get wasted on the way

[Guitar Solo]

Excuse me...
Refuse me...
Abuse me...
J' accuse me...

[Guitar Solo] [Building in intensity]

[Chorus] [Breakdown]
I might get a little wasted on the way
'Cause I'm tired and I got no place to stay
And I need some help to get me through my day
So excuse me if I get wasted on the way

[Verse 3]
I see a woman, crying in the street
Running from the fate she was afraid to meet
Fell one day while living on the edge
And now with all her strength she's clinging to the ledge

[Chorus]
I might get a little wasted on the way
But I'm tired and I got no place to stay
And I need some help to get me through my day
So excuse me if I get wasted on the way

[Guitar Solo]

Excuse me...
Refuse me...
Abuse me...
J' accuse me...
[Instrumental]

[Verse 1]
I can see the storm that hides behind your eyes
I can feel the weight you carry deep inside
For the strongest heart may some day break in two
But I still believe
I still believe in you

[Chorus]
When the light is almost gone
Can you see the stars above
Shining on
When the light is almost gone
Can you see the stars above
Shining on

[Verse 2]
So you find yourself with nothing left to lose
Trying to walk on down a road you didn't even choose
And even though the end is out of view
You can find your way
You will find a way

[Chorus]
When the light is almost gone
Can you see the stars above shining on
When the light is almost gone
Can you see the stars above shining on

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]
Maybe tomorrow it won't feel the same
Maybe the sun will break on through the rain
And everything that you thought you'd lost
Was never all that far away

[Outro]
When the light is almost gone
Can you see the stars above shining on
When the light is almost gone
Can you see the stars above shining on

When the light is almost gone
Can you see the stars above shining on
Shining on
Shining on
Shining on
[Instrumental]

[Verse 1]
Cast adrift and left to die
Underneath this never ending sky
The white hot sun bleaches the bones
Of those of us who'll never make it home

[Chorus]
Drifting on the open seas, the Siren song calls out to me
A haunting, mournful melody that drags me down to meet my destiny
Into the deep blue sea
Into the deep blue sea
Into the deep blue sea

[Verse 2]
Cold, dark waters kiss the air
Whispering their tales of sweet despair
The sisters of the ocean sigh
No mortal soul resists their desperate lullaby

[Chorus]
Drifting on the open seas, the Siren song calls out to me
A haunting, mournful melody that drags me down to meet my destiny
Into the deep blue sea
Into the deep blue sea
Into the deep blue sea

[Bridge]
A vision plays before my eyes
An image burned into my mind
A land that I will never see
A Paradise that wasn't meant for me

[Melodic Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
No Saviour hear to ease my soul
The Ferry Man awaits to take his toll
The hours too late the die's been cast
And I must meet my final fate at last

[Outro]
Drifting on the open seas, the Siren song calls out to me
A haunting, mournful melody that drags me down to meet my destiny
Into the deep blue sea
Into the deep blue sea
Into the deep blue sea
Into the deep blue sea
Into the deep blue sea
[Verse 1]
Here I stand
Upon the edge of reason
All things must pass
Just like the changing seasons
And all that I care for is gone
And all that I dreamed of
Is gone

[Verse 2]
A cold wind blows
Hear no words are spoken
A spell was cast
Never to be broken
And all that I needed is gone
And all that I loved once
Is gone

[Chorus]
Have you ever wished upon a fallen star
Have you ever wondered who we really are
Did you ever dream that we would go this far
Did you ever wish
Upon a fallen star

[Bridge]
We laughed and we played with the things that we made
While the storm clouds grew dark overhead
Deaf dumb and blind we stood by as she cried
Now she has no tears left to shed

[violin solo]

[Verse 3]
A new dawn fades
The sun reflected gleaming
So still she lays
Beneath her white shroud sleeping
And all that I prayed for is gone
And all that I once was
Is gone

[Chorus]
Have you ever wished upon a fallen star
Have you ever wondered who we really are
Did you ever dream that we would go this far
Did you ever wish
Upon a fallen star

[Outro]
Have you ever wished upon a fallen star
Have you ever wondered who we really are
Did you ever dream that we would go this far
Did you ever wish
Upon a fallen star
Did you ever wish
Upon a fallen star
Did you ever wish
Upon a fallen star
[Instrumental]

[Verse 1]
In the cold heart of the city, where warmth is hard to find
The sorrow that surrounds me, I thought, was left behind
A traveller on a journey, a pilgrim on the road
I walk amongst the ruins of what used to be a home

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
The faces of the fallen stare across the great divide
An echo in the silence speaks a truth you cannot hide
Are the faithless and the lost to be the chosen and the saved
Will the shadows of the guiltless haunt the long path to your grave

[Chorus]
Come whatever may
Come whatever may
Come whatever may
Come whatever may

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
Tomorrow's broken dreams are always one more day away
And long forgotten promises are lost to yesterday
Who will be our eyes now in this kingdom of the blind
Searching for the answers we can never ever find

[Chorus]
Come whatever may
Come whatever may
Come whatever may
Come whatever may

[Outro]
Come whatever may
Come whatever may
Come whatever may
Come whatever may
[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Beneath the sun, we'd sit and play
And dream away the summer days
We'd walk the long and winding roads
But always find our way back home
If shadows danced within your eyes
I'd kiss away the tears you'd cry
We'd sit for hours yet never speak
And fall into the arms of sleep

[Chorus]
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
(Always shining always bright)
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
(with me through my darkest nights)

[Verse 2]
Strangers come and friends may go
Like the tides that ebb and flow
Some were lost along the way
Some were always meant to stay
Two together, we believed
Throughout all eternity
Always waiting patiently
Wherever I need you to be

[Chorus]
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
(Always shining always bright)
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
(with me through my darkest nights)

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
The winds of fate blow strong and cold
Changing all we used to know
As each season passes by
I still search for reasons why
I know you're just a breath away
From everything I meant to say
But all the words and all the rhymes
Can't turn back the hands of time

[Outro]
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
(Always shining always bright)
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
(with me through my darkest nights)

You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
You're the light at the end of my world
[Intro]

[Chorus]
I'm leaving on a southbound train
The whistle blows
And I surely know
I won't be back again

[Verse 1]
The shadows are growing long
Deep within, my desires
Like the wind through the wires
Sing their lonely song

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]
The engine's pulling down the line
With each mile on this track
My mind's running back
To a sweeter time

[Pre-Chorus]
She calls my name
She'll never change
No place I know
Will ever be like home

[Chorus]
I'm riding on a southbound train
To chase the sun
Where the Brazos runs
She'll always be the one

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Pre-Chorus]
She calls my name
She'll never change
No place I know
Will ever be like home

[Chorus]
I'm leaving on a southbound train
The whistle blows
And I surely know
I won't be back again

[Outro]
I'm riding on a southbound train
To chase the sun
Where the Brazos runs
She'll always be the one
[Intro]

[Verse 1]
The Terns wheel low through the endless rain
The clouds loom dark o'er the rolling main
And she still waits on the jagged shore
For a day when he'll return once more

[Verse 2]
Her shawl's no warmth in the cold west wind
As daylight fades and the night sets in
Out past the rocks where the breakers roar
He lies with the bride that he left her for

[Chorus]
And the sea shall reclaim what is hers
O, the sea shall reclaim what is hers
They dance beneath the starless night
Far below the northern lights
Yes, the sea shall reclaim what is hers

[Verse 3]
He set his course on a fine, fair day
Swore he'd not be long away
But the skies grew black with a bitter scorn
As he pressed-on to the coming storm

[Verse 4]
The Tempest tore at the tattered sail
Though he fought on through the howling gale
His mistress called from the restless deep
She takes no heed of the vows men keep

[Chorus]
And the sea shall reclaim what is hers
O, the sea shall reclaim what is hers
They dance beneath the starless night
Far below the northern lights
Yes, the sea shall reclaim what is hers

[Bridge]
Each wrapped themselves around his heart
Yet each one held a separate part
Now one love's left behind to mourn
The other holds him forevermore

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 5]
Are those his steps on the weathered stone
Is that his voice on a winter's morn'
Still 'neath the lantern light she bides
Whilst he belongs to distant tides

[Verse 6]
The harbour bell rings out its toll
For every aching, grieving soul
For names and faces left unknown
Who never will be coming home

[Chorus]
And the sea shall reclaim what is hers
O, the sea shall reclaim what is hers
They dance beneath the starless night
Far below the northern lights
Yes, the sea shall reclaim what is hers

[Outro]
And the sea shall reclaim what is hers
O, the sea shall reclaim what is hers
They dance beneath the starless night
Far below the northern lights
Yes, the sea shall reclaim what is hers
[Verse 1]
I got an ache in my heart
And my mind is a wreck
She was my reason for living
Now she's my every regret

[Verse 2]
When I was down on my luck
She dragged me up on my feet
Well now she's wastin' my time
And I’m flat broke on the street

I've been walking for days to find some way to forget
I don't know where I'm going but I ain't there yet

[Chorus]
I got nowhere to rest my bones
I got nowhere to call my home
No place to lay my weary head
A wanderin' soul until I'm dead

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
I got the devil to pay
He's riding right on my back
I burned the bridge to the past
And now there's no turning back

I've been walking for days, can't find no way to forget
I don't know where I'm going, but I ain't there yet

[Chorus]
I got nowhere to rest my bones
I got nowhere to call my home
No place to lay my weary head
A wanderin' soul until I'm dead

[Outro]
I got nowhere to rest my bones
I got nowhere to call my home
No place to lay my weary head
A wanderin' soul until I'm dead

[Instrumental]

Well I've been walking for days to find some way to forget
I don't know where I'm going but I ain't there yet
[Verse 1]
By the light in the street where the Living Dead meet
An old man watches as the children sleep
He turns a blind eye to the shame and deceit
Another young life is lost to the street

[Verse 2]
In the filth of the gutter where the Vampires feed
Draining the spirit of the wretched and weak
The Undead rise to sate their thirst
And leave their prey in the cold hard dirt

[Chorus]
Down in the dark, at the edge of the town
The innocent flee when the Sun goes down
As Fallen Angels wait for the night
To dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight

[Verse 3]
In the heart of the city where the shadows cry
At all that they’ve hidden and those that pass by
The poison will flow and the cravings will grow
The tall stranger laughs; for a soul has been sold

[Chorus]
Down in the dark, at the edge of the town
The innocent flee when the Sun goes down
As Fallen Angels wait for the night
To dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight

[Fiddle Solo]

[Verse 4]
High in the Heavens where the Ravens fly
You can hear the voice of the faithless cry
The preacher's body lies dead on the ground
Now the wind of sorrow is the only sound...

[Chorus]
Down in the dark, at the edge of the town
The innocent flee when the Sun goes down
As Fallen Angels wait for the night
To dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight

[Final Chorus]
Down in the dark, at the edge of the town
The innocent flee when the Sun goes down
As Fallen Angels wait for the night
To dance with the Devil in the pale moonlightt

Every song starts somewhere...

A thought. A feeling. A memory.

THE ARTIST

Dark. Timeless. Haunting.

Sean James' songs come from real places — love and loss, loneliness, regret and hope, and the struggle to make sense of it all.

His music draws from country, folk, Americana and Southern rock, with a dark gothic edge. At its heart, it’s about people, places and the stories we carry with us.

“Deep within, my desires, like the wind through the wires, sing their lonely song.”
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