The Boy In The Castle By The Sea

~The Boy In The Castle By The Sea~

There once was a boy who lived alone on an island

He dreamed of flying as high as can be

He was so very young but he showed such potential

He built a castle

A castle by the sea

He climbed atop his castle to see what he could see

He was brave, and bold, and wild, and free

The boy in the castle was happy

Thankful for his island and his castle by the sea

The boy became a man who lived alone on an island

He dreamed of flying as high as he could be

The castle he'd loved was no longer enough

He needed to satisfy his curiosity

He climbed atop his castle to see what he could see

He was brave, and bold, and wild, and free

There's got to be more than this castle and me

There's got to be more than this castle by the sea

So the man built a plane and the plane ran on fire

He flew it higher, as high as he can be

High up in the sky the man finally felt that he

Was as happy as the boy in the castle by the sea

He flew high in the sky to see what he could see

He was brave and bold and wild and free

I must go explore, and see all that I can see

There is so much than this can by the sea

Now the plane ran on fire and the fire came from trees

So the man attacked the forest like a ravaging disease

High up in his plane he was so focused on himself

That he slashed and burned the forest

Until there was nothing left

He flew high in the sky to see what he could see

Very far away was one tiny little tree

The man in the plane was unhappy

One tree is not enough to see all that can be seen

So he looked to the castle he'd built as a boy

He thought who needs a castle with so much else to enjoy

He pulled apart his castle and again set out to roam

But when the man returned he found that he'd destroyed his home

With no fuel for his plane, and no castle to call home

For the first time on the island the man truly felt alone

He went and cut the tiny little tree that he had seen

Fueled his plane and flew out to the middle of the sea

Fueled his plane and flew out to the middle of the sea

The story of the boy is the tale of you and me

Man has built an empire that spans from sea to sea

We fly around the world to see all that we can see

But our castle is enough to make us happy

We don't want to be left with one tiny little tree

After all we're just an island in the middle of the sea