Ocean Love · Monday August 11, 2008 by Julie
This is intended to be sung against the drone of an outboard, but in a pinch, you may sing it when you like. We performed it yesterday evening (see the Aug 10 post here):
In a full moon storm when the tide pulls at the shores,
Then my love is the strength of the sea.
As the waves are torn by the wind’s unyielding force
The familiar is washed away.
I look for you when the waters are still
Like a mirror to the heart of the sky,
Listen for you in the whalesong and the krill
The familiar is washed away
As the waters rise anew and the glaciers bleed out ice
And villages founder and drown
I call for you in the fleeting schools of fish
The familiar is washed away.
You’ll have a thousand pearls and find there’s always more
We hold all the treasures of the sea,
My love spans the world, and it laps at every shore,
The familiar is washed away.
