But in this case, I don't think it was poetic license. I think it was somebody seeing 'mistakes' they were looking for and NOT seeing anything else.

It's Canada. They have all these lumpy things up there that stick out into the Atlantic such as Nova Scotia. Then there's the first post with lyrics that states: The note with the dots I have says "I believe the first song for the Inshore Fishermen".

Honestly, somebody just asked for the damned words. The horizon could be over the water facing west, or it could be looking inland.