
Call of the Sea
INTRO
In a coastal town there lived a girl
Who sang herself to sleep with these words
"Begone coast, begone town, begone sea,
I'm anyways alone, why do you remind me?"
In her dreams the dark sea awoke
With moonlight glittering on its starry coast:
"Come to me, come child, be brave,
there are things in store for you
Within my waves..."
THE SEA SPEAKS
Groping down to the bottom
You will find
Treasures of many
Different kinds
And if you feel breathless
Don’t be afraid
My creatures don’t need air
And you are mine
LAMENT OF THE SEA
Sea calls onto those
Who have no name on land
(No name, we need no name)
Sea promises no cross
And no flowers on the grave
(Flowers they wither away)
When the sea turns
The monsters shall see the light of day
(Set them free, give them way)
When the time comes,
Sea’ll break you or you’ll break the waves
(I’ll break what I need to gain way)
You stand alone
Between the wind and the sail
(We go on, our will is not frail)
And remember:
No wind favours them
Who have no aim
CAPTAIN HAD SAID
The tide is rising
We have a little paper sail
“We will try our chances”
The captain had said
Moon is full of itself
Mad birds frame its shape
“There’s nothing for us on land”
The captain had said
....
I’ve seen in a dream
That sister Sun is dead
“But visions come and go”
The captain would’ve said
I’ve mounted my own cross
And I’ve stood up to take veil
“We must all find our own winds”
The captain would’ve said
...
No matter how long I stay
She’s never the same
“The sea cannot be learned”
The captain should have said
And the monster I’ve heard of
Seem to leave me alone
“Calm horizon is the worst road”
The captain should have said
PERFECTLY ADAPTED
Save the fresh fruit for someone else
I float in turbid waters today
I’ve made alliances with them dead fishes
That eat mud, grow old and decay…
But sometimes
I still look down at these hands
But all I see are the two chicken legs
Protruding through these sleeves
I used to be a woman
And if imperfect
At least I formed a shape of some solidity
CHORUS:
Weigh down on me
My memory
And tell me what used to be
Cause now I’m perfectly adapted
But to someone else’s need
Save your smile for someone else
I can’t stand the gleam of your teeth
Mouth is to bite,
To chew and spit
Not to flash at strangers so casually
But sometimes
I still look into my eyes
But I’m afraid of the stingrays that lie
In those sands…
I used to be a woman
And if imperfect
At least I formed a shape of some solidity
CHORUS
NO ONE IN THE ROOM
I woke up tied to the bed
In chains of yesterday
Burning my flesh
Releasing the ash of old skin
With nebulae for eyes
It might be hard to see your captor
But there was
No one in the room
There was no one in the room
Who could have put the chains there
Put the chains there
It must have been me
Even if alone
I feel my slavery comes from something
I still don’t fully know
But then the rage awoke
I broke them chains with wish
To take revenge
But there was
No one in the room
There was no one in the room
Who could have put the chains there
Put the chains there
It must have been me
HOLY WHORE
ACT I
My man is tired
I see it in his eyes
I see it in his smile
The way he looks at me
The way his eyes don’t gleam
He needs his home
The smell of things he knows
Do I live alone?
Do I have a home?
Yes, my min is tired,
But I am full of life
Terrible life
Merciless life
ACT II
The streets call on me
Dirty night streets
In sweaty summer heat
I will take my leave
Into the wanting streets
With the eyes of men
All upon me
Baby if you want
Baby I’ll be yours
Your holy whore
That’s what I came here for
Your holy whore
And I’ll ride you till the dawn
Your holy whore
I’ll give you all and more
Desires, dreams and joys
Till you can’t take no more
But when your eyes close
In sweet repose
Then the old fears
Are again to close
Again I have to go
Again I need to go
ACT III
But what do I do now?
No home and now vow
Desire’s running low
To show or to be shown
But inside me
Yes, inside me
There is something
That wants to be born
Again I have to go
Into the unknown
Oh the sweet release
Of not knowing
What tomorrow brings..
I
am
ready
ON LAND
I’ve lived on land for so long now
Where people all live in packs
And even if I’ve lived so many lifetimes
I’ve never met a captain in my life
I look at the sea from my window
But I cross where bridges have been built
And even if I know it would be worth it
I stay away away away from them waves
How do I leave after a lifetime
Of waiting in lines to be served
Of owning land and of speaking
Words someone else just might have said?
...
The paths are so many
But I just have to straight
I see the horizon is pregnant with a new day
A new dawn is rising
A new life is there
The wind I feel is
Taking me away
Taking me…
SOJOURN
If you still wait for me
And still look to the sea
Know that with birds I’ll return
Light as a feather after my sojourn
I’ve grazed on the winds of the Wild
I’ve swam in the Lake of Calm
When I was done
I knew I would turn
And bring it all back from my sweet sojourn