The night is soft and silent, new moon at my door   There's nothing near as quiet as the light I'm looking for   And last time that it appeared he was lying next to me   Last time I felt this near to whispered ecstacy      And those who need adventure, they can sail the seven seas   And those who search for treasure, they must live on grander dreams      We rose and fell just like the tides, he filled my heart and soul and I   Buried all my dreams for someone else to find in my pirate days      This world is kinder to the kind that won't look back   They are the chosen few, among us now, unbowed somehow   And one day he turned to me, and before I took one breath   I knew I would only see his shadow in what light was left      And those who need adventure, they can sail the seven seas   And those who search for treasure, they must live on grander dreams      And if I've seen his face since then, it's only been in dreams my friend   Since I came to the end of my pirate days   And if I've called his name since then, it's only been in dreams my friend   So I came to the end of my pirate days