(L) Set sail upon the seas between my shoulders
Sink deep with the ballast of your chest
Arch your bow and cast your eyes across these waters
And let the wind and the waves do the rest
You maneuver yourself with the ocean
Stubborn to the tide and the swell
Your lungs rise and fall like whitewash on the shore
Eroiding the rocks and the shells
(S) You hands haul me leeward into your direction
From a cove where I have been becalmed for years
The gravel of your voice moves the brine of blood within
As I hitch my sails high to join your seas
Your taste is of a siren from the west coast
Your back heaves handsomely to bring me stay
I set sail to find the sources of your salt
But it is not your salt I ache for, it is the waves’
(L) Let me hold you (S) Will I be shipwrecked in your waves
(L) Let me rock you (S) Within the darkness of your ways
(L) I will rise for you (S) Your granite chest between my hands
(B) After years beneath the sand we are driftwood on the ocean of tonight
(L) You’re too slow to accept that these seasons
dictate a different taste in the breeze
Your arms cannot hold the wind that you blow
So take cover in the ones you can seize
(S) You may hold my body in your arms forever
Your wind may hold my keel down to your ground
But you know I am at war in the vessel you behold
For Minerva is the breastbone of the hull
(S) I want your breathe, I want your salted breathe in my hair
(L) Let me lift you in my arms
(S) I want to reach for your shoulders and anchor them
(L) Let me rock you in my waves
(S) I want to feel the whitewater crash on your land
(L) and I will rise for you
(S) Your granite chest beneath my hand
(B) After years beneath the sand we are driftwood on the ocean of tonight
credits
from David/Darwin EPs,
released July 17, 2017
Leigh Gardiner: Vocals, Lyrics, Mix
Sylvie Millard: Vocals, Lyrics
Ed Smith: Violin
Erin Gordon: Keys
Angus Edwards: Drums
Engineered and edited by Sam Ford and Leigh Gardiner
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