Wreck of the Fallible Lyrics

Oh the broken the lowly and the poor
Were gathered and loaded at the shore
To cast off beggar, thief and w****
To a lonely road
This mother her situation grim
Held her child close and leaning in
Was praying dear father I have sinned
So the boy, he must go

They say, "O..."
Why have we been rejected by our own...
Was it wrong to expect that in their darkest hours
You were ever really there at all...?
But when the bell tolls
On that gray morn...
Would you cut your ties and run?
Here's to the wreck of the fallible
Oh the rudderless travel where they will
For seven generations in the swill
To eat but never to be filled
Just remain afloat

And battered, arriving at the spot
Awakened after years of being lost
These men they're not worried what it cost
They just dive down below
They say, "O..."
Why have we been rejected by our own...
Was it wrong to expect that in their darkest hours
Were you ever really there at all?
But when the bell tolls
On that gray morn...
Would you cut your ties and run?
Here's to the wreck of the fallible

Just stay another couple of days
Floating all alone among the waves
And stowing what others throw away
For the few you could save