Seventh Sea

by Tom Baird

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lyrics

I said can you forgive me
Before I speak my mind
These unspoken nightmares we share
they burn me alive
All your broken trances
Where do they unwind
You said we’re too weird to live too rare to die
I said Ain’t that right

And I said
I don’t want to be your darling
I just want to be your friend
I don’t want to be your pet your plaything
or your last cigarette
And I swear I heard the sound
Of hell as it froze over
With the violence the laughter the question the answer
Of words that I try not to forget

You know if I could
Take it all aboard
And sail to the seventh sea
And throw that shit overboard
With the blame I keep
If I could offer it all to the seventh sea
I couldn’t face myself
Could never just erase myself

All my days and nights I’ve tried

You said can you forgive me
The hours getting late
You know we’ve fought so many times so many ways
In this state
I’m no bright eyed romantic
But do you believe in fate
And I said yes
And you said oh
I had you down
for that Anyway

And I said
I don’t want to be your darling
I just want to be your boy
I wont lie and cheat and fight to be heard above the deafening noise
And I swear we heard the sound
Of the waves as they crashed over
With the violence the laughter the question the answer
Of years I’m trying not to regret

You know if I could
Take it all aboard
And sail to the seventh sea
And throw that shit overboard
With the blame I keep
If I could offer it all to the seventh sea
I couldn’t face myself
Could never just erase myself

All my days and nights I’ve tried
All my days and nights I’ve lied

credits

released August 28, 2020
Tom Baird - Writing, Guitars, Vocals
Provhat Rahman - Rhodes
Will Brown - Bass
Nick Wyatt - Drums
Emma Marks - Engineer
Sam Button - Assistant
Sofia Toi - Artwork

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