Alone in my room
the morning that you loved me
a sweet salt perfume
gently swept around me
my bed became a sailing ship
the floor became a sea
and you became an ocean bird
and flew away from me.
I lie in my room
belly kicked and broken
a dark echo loomed
of pretty words you'd spoken
listing in my sailing ship
upon the wine-dark sea
sheets soaked wet with brine and sweat
and no one at the wheel.
Over the waves now
I call to you to come and rescue me
But you're far away now
so forever I'll go drifting out to sea.
I locked up my room
and everything you'd opened
sewed up my wound
to prove that you're forgotten
but I'll feast for you each year in spring
when birds begin to sing
when everything, yes everything
oh everything is green.
Over the waves now
I call to you to come and comfort me
but you're far away now
so your pretty face nevermore I'll see
no your pretty face nevermore I'll see.
the morning that you loved me
a sweet salt perfume
gently swept around me
my bed became a sailing ship
the floor became a sea
and you became an ocean bird
and flew away from me.
I lie in my room
belly kicked and broken
a dark echo loomed
of pretty words you'd spoken
listing in my sailing ship
upon the wine-dark sea
sheets soaked wet with brine and sweat
and no one at the wheel.
Over the waves now
I call to you to come and rescue me
But you're far away now
so forever I'll go drifting out to sea.
I locked up my room
and everything you'd opened
sewed up my wound
to prove that you're forgotten
but I'll feast for you each year in spring
when birds begin to sing
when everything, yes everything
oh everything is green.
Over the waves now
I call to you to come and comfort me
but you're far away now
so your pretty face nevermore I'll see
no your pretty face nevermore I'll see.