Lions

lions were loose

it was my job to tame them

to make them my friend

to be the entertainment

but my songs did not work on them

it just drew a great crowd

to champion the future dead

they rescue kittens instead

i'm on that sinking ship

and i can’t stop crying

to bail out the water

my tears are contributing

and the waves are my backing track

and the moon is my ambience

and the wind is a song that will carry me through

so i sang the boys a slow one

and i asked them to follow me

to the calm of the ocean

to the sand beds of the sea

now lions were sleeping

and I was creeping away

when a broken ship appeared

quite unfit to sail

still I sailed out to sea

just before the rains came

pouring down on me

sabotage from the sky

i'm on that sinking ship

and I can’t stop crying

to bail out the water

my tears are contributing

and the waves were my backing track

and the moon is my ambience

and the wind was a song that would carry me through

where my heart is the only beat

and my soul is soloing