Carrion

Carry on inside of your heart Under the brine you won't notice the dark Can stone and steel and horses heels ever explain the way you feel From Scapa flow to Rotherhithe, I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide Oh the heavy water how it enfolds The salt the spray the gorgeous undertow Always, always, always the sea Brilliantine mortality Irrigate your heart until you know your complete And your draped in kelp, below by 8,000 feet My soul she cried I thought you'd died amid fumes of formaldehyde You have been gone for so long I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide Oh the heavy water how it enfolds The salt the spray the gorgeous undertow Always, always, always the sea Brilliantine mortality --- Carrion - Sea Power