The world was close at hand Now I’m drifting alone Far from the shore With a thought long lost Keeping my distance From the eager years Never turning backand I chose to stay and wait forever And I count the seconds in my head As I break step by step The frozen anchors The choking chains The frozen anchors My dead and cold fingers Strangling the bits of hope Once lost promises Burning in the distance The sails have been torn down My crew is only an army of ghosts Army of ghosts I’m speaking for the cold and silent sea I’m whispering for the frosty wind I’m screaming for the singing mountains But the answer will always be the same They sing for the times That could have been changed They sing for the words That never were said And I chose to stay and wait forever And I count the seconds in my head As I break step by step The frozen anchors The choking chains The frozen anchors trapped in black ice Sing for the times That could have been changed For the words That never were said The frozen anchors