Lyrics to
Shadow Captain

This version of Shadow Captain was released by Stills & Nash Crosby in 1977.

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Oh, captain what are we hiding from?
You’ve been hiding from the start
Did some lover steal your heart
Or did the full moon make you mad?

Oh, captain why these speechless seas
That never come to land?
Oh, I need to understand
Could a little light be that bad?

I can see your hands are roughened
By the wheel and the rope
I’d like to look to you for hope
I think it’s hiding there

This boat is blacked out like a city
Awaiting bombers in the night
Oh, you hold your helm so tight
And yet the sky seems so fair

Who guides this ship
Dreaming through the seas
Turning and searching
Whichever way you please?

Speak to me
I need to see your face
Shadowy captain
In a darkened space

If I were to spy a city
Floating just above the sea
Could we stop and look for me
Among those playing on the pier?

Or would you turn away knowing
It was still a ways away
And if I was there today
You could not see me all that clear

Who guides this ship
Dreaming through the seas
Turning and searching
Whichever way you please?

Speak to me
I need to see your face
Shadowy captain
In a darkened space

Shadow captain of a charcoal ship
Shadow captain of a charcoal ship
Trying to give the light the slip

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About Lyrics and Shadow Captain by Stills & Nash Crosby

The lyrics for Shadow Captain are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Stills & Nash Crosby. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Shadow Captain have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Shadow Captain - Stills & Nash Crosby and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Shadow Captain by Stills & Nash Crosby in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Shadow Captain" means the words set to the music of Shadow Captain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stills & Nash Crosby. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Shadow Captain and the lyrics to Shadow Captain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stills & Nash Crosby who came here looking just for the lyrics to Shadow Captain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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