A sequel to the song, "The Lighthouse's Tale, Part 2", was played by Nickel Creek at several of their concerts, but not released with the single.

[citation needed] A music video for the song was released with the single and featured footage of the band at various locations.

These include many locations near water, such as a lighthouse by the ocean, a bridge over a small river, and a mountainside lake.

The lighthouse serves as a narrator to tell how the keeper was going to marry a beautiful woman who had to sail in a fierce storm.

The lyrics of the chorus are: "And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea, and the winds that blow remind me of what has been and what can never be."