Cloudburst at Shingle Street

We climb the cliffs

and hang from trees

wrap the rocks and the beach

state of shock at flick of switch

(mindless) into the cloudburst overhead

I wanna get my face wet

been buried in the sand for years

(headlong) into the cloudburst naked

there's really no escaping it

there's gonna be a cloudburst here.

Come out of your shell

and look at the sea

it may be just as well

you stayed here with me

private hell at turn of a key

(blindly) into the cloudburst overhead

I wanna get my face wet

been buried in these hands for years

(mindless) into the cloudburst naked

there's really no escaping it

there's gonna be a cloudburst here

and it's dawning on me

I've been a cork in the ocean, been bobbing in the North Sea

then take this vest of plaster, these boots of concrete

and make them down as surplus, return to Mulberry...

Cloudburst at Shingle Street

Cloudburst at Shingle Street

Cloudburst at Shingle Street

When I was small I was in love in love with everything

now there's only you