Album Name

The Soul Cages (Expanded Edition)

Artist

Sting

Genre

록/메탈

Release Date

2021.01.15

Release Agency

Universal Music Group

Billy was born within
sight of the shipyard
First son of a riveter's son
And Billy 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 would save
And Billy would cry
when he thought of the future
Soon came a day
when the bottle was broken
They launched
the great ship out to sea
He felt he'd been left
on a desolate shore
To a future he desperately
wanted to flee
What else was there
for a shipbuilder's son
A new ship to be built
new work to be done
One day he dreamed
of the ship in the world
It would carry his father and he
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 working man works
till the industry dies
And Billy would cry
when he thought of the future
Then what they call an
industrial accident
Crushed those it couldn't forgive
They brought Billy's father back
home in an ambulance
A brass watch a cheque
maybe three weeks to live
And what else was there
for a riveter's son
A new ship to be built
new work to be done
That night he dreamed
of the ship in the world
It would carry his father and he
To a place they could
never be found
To a place far away from this town
A Newcastle ship without coals
They would sail
to the island of souls