"Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic"

"Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic"

"And magnificently we will flow into the mystic"

"And together we will flow into the mystic"

The word "mystic" means an unknown or intriguing place.

The mystic in the beginning of the song represents the sea because the man is excited to go out and work on the ship for the first time.

The symbol evolves as the sailor gets home to his love.

By the end of the song the man is thinking of what he will say to his love when he sees her. He is using the mystic to represent that he is excited to go into the future of their relationship.

The "mystic" symbol.