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