16 Fathoms

[Sting]

16 fathoms down

Where my ship is bound

Another drop in the ocean

16 fathoms down

She said, “Sailor man, believe me

I stand on solid ground

You say your plan is to leave me

And sail out from this town

You know prophecy runs in my family

I know where your ship is bound

One day you're going to find yourself

16 fathoms down.”

16 fathoms down

Where my soul is bound

Another drop in the ocean

16 fathoms down

I didn't pay no mind to her

I just turned around

My ship lies out in the harbor

I sail out from this town

My thoughts become uneasy

Her words keep turning 'round

I pray that I won't find myself

16 fathoms down

16 fathoms down

Where my soul is bound

Another drop in the ocean

16 fathoms down

[Shaggy]

Girl, it nuh matter weh yuh do and it nuh matter weh say

Yuh try break mi but it nuh work today

It nuh matter weh u do and it nuh matter weh yuh say

Mi wear di crown and yuh caan teck it weh

Yuh think mi was a loser but mi tell yuh say wrong

A nuff woman a road dem waan mi fi be dem man

Positivity surround mi

Mi nuh waan nutten negative round mi

[Sting]

A storm will rage inside me

As I sail out on the sound

I pray to God this darkness pass

I pray that I won't drown

Now the sails are blown to bloody rags

The mizzen mast come down

The prophecy has doomed me

16 fathoms down

Of course, God come to find me

In the place where the ship went down

The prophecy will bind me

And that's where I'll be drowned

16 fathoms down

Where my ship is bound

Another drop in the ocean

16 fathoms down

[Shaggy]

Girl, it nuh matter weh yuh do and it nuh matter weh say

Yuh try break mi but it nauh work today

It nuh matter weh u do and it nuh matter weh yuh say

Mi wear di crown and yuh caan teck it weh

Yuh think mi was loser but mi tell yuh say wrong

A nuff woman a road dem waan mi fi be dem man

Positivity surround mi

[Sting]

16 fathoms down