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Sirens

from Wormholes by Bateau Ivre

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where the sirens call I wear away

where the gales blow cold my features fade
by the wrath of god I fell from grace

now please let me rest beneath the waves



where the seaweed grows I like to laze
where the petrel soars I mourn my fate

for I have so many hours to waste

and it’s all because I lost my faith



so eager to explore

the ocean’s magnificent roar

I couldn’t ignore



all the sea monsters they come up to breathe
and hum an ode to the god of the sea

who took me to keep me in eternity

on my odyssey



when the tide flowed soft I set my sail
when the water stalled I saw I’d fail

for the luck I had was thin and frail

now I lament with the humpback whales



storm struck my sail it tore

my skiff burst at the core

1000 leagues from the shore



too proud to pronounce a prayer to appease
the mover of the earth and fruitless sea

I take my place among creatures of the deep
on my odyssey


all the sea monsters they come up to breathe
and hum an ode to the god of the sea

and I beg him on my knees to set me free
from my odyssey

sirens sirens call for me on my odyssey my odyssey
sirens sirens call for me on my odyssey my odyssey
Poseidon Poseidon please set me free from my odyssey my odyssey!

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from Wormholes, released January 21, 2017
written by Kuchenbuch/Whitaker/Niederreiner

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Bateau Ivre Berlin, Germany

Step onboard the drunken boat…
and embark on a journey to the highest joy and deepest sorrow, beautiful, mesmerizing, and disturbing all at once!

BATEAU IVRE's Post Folk sound is created and expressed by Paul Kuchenbuch and Nick Whitaker.

Both are multi-instrumentalists with an interest in many styles of music - hence the diversity of BATEAU IVRE's sounds and arrangements.
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