The Ship - The Reason lyrics

It's sometimes that I wonder why I ever took this voyage It's so easy just to take things as they are I've had my taste of solitude but that's not why I left Where's the courage that it took to go this far? Lead me back to searching for the port I set to find Could never be the same as I have known Innocence has been replaced by reason to return It's the first time that I've done this on my own There must be a reason to return After all the things that you have learned There must be a reason to return After all the things that you have learned A lady stands in waiting, I can hear her as she calls Her message is a challenge to me now "If you are a sailor of the waters and the sun You have to do the best that time allows I gave to you a warning, though you didn't know me then I christened you to have a safe return I whispered to you in the calm and stayed your stormy friend My reason is what you set out to learn" There must be a reason to return There is always more you have to learn There must be a reason to return There is always more you have to learn I look back to the island as a home I have to leave As I quickly board the ship to make repair I'm sorry that it took so long, but glad to know I've changed So I can look ahead to those who care Mend the mast and tie the lines to make her sound for sea Lift the heavy anchor from below Hoist the jib and mainsail high to catch the morning wind And take enough provisions when you go When you go, when you go, when you go