i'm a ship like you

Never was a Navy brat but my father was, yeah
He warned me not to make friends with weather
My love rests in a shipwreck
With a compass in his hand
I wait for him, like vultures wait for bodies

Send the wind down
I hear his voice now
At the bottom of the blue
I'll get my coat, it'll be the second coming outside
When I return with you

I'm a ship like you,
One sail, one sea, you and me
And I left my soul next to the shore
One sail, one sea

Wait with my face in sun
That makes me look less young
I miss your half irish grin
And our love is growing upside down
They say, you'll never make it home
But I will wait home, bury your clothes

Send the wind down
And bring him back now
Because he is to me my life

I'm a ship like you,
One sail, one sea, you and me
And I left my soul next to the shore
One sail, one sea

I'm a ship like you
One sail, one sea, you and me
And left I my soul next to the shore
one sail, one sea

Think about sinking down
Think about all of it
Think his face drowning out
I think of it all, think of it all
Think of it all (x2)

I'm a ship like you
One sail, one sea, you and me
And I left my soul next to the shore
One sail, one sea 

someone from song lyrics said it was about their grandparents but i'm not quite sure

it's a pretty obvious story, about a woman widowed by the depths of the sea, she waits to one day [i think she prefers the day to come sooner than later] reunite with her love in another life

dia actually wrote this about the song, so here you go, the real meaning!!:::

"Finished they lyrics for one sail. Meg helped me with the melody in the bridge and verse.  It used to be about my favorite Victor Hugo book, "Toilers of the Sea." But that was back when I first wrote it in 2007.  I changed all the lyrics, after one guy, at a bar in Kansas came up to me, and instead of saying, "I like your hair," or, "are you here alone?" He said, "Hey, are you a navy brat?" And I was taken aback.  Then I said No.  But my father was.  And then we talked. And then I went home and rewrote all the lyrics about my father, and his influence on me, and his parents. ... My grandma and grandpa, with one of the greatest, true love stories of all time.....

They're both dead now.....

And they died before I could drive. It wasn't my fault.....

But while they were alive...they were in love. ....

And it was real.....

And that is what I want someday....."