Siren - Joan Shelley

You’re lost on a sea that you sailed on

now its cold and rough where you are

It’s a harsh wind blowing

but I did not cause this storm you see

I’ve just been here, open-armed

invitingly

I’ve been alone on this sea for so long

I wanted to touch, I had to feel love

Before these waves took me under

But Aden you came to me in the dark

in the dark

and as gentle as a siren can be

I caught you and I held you down

Oh if the pink light of morning

would wash all the demons out of here

I could lie down on your ground

and pull my body near

But all the knots in my stomach are telling,

there’s no where to rest,

there’s no place to go,

and the shadows they keep on

with their shanty song

It’s the darkest horse that’s chasing me down

And the gods here have no care

where you go when you drown

I’ve been mistaken for something I’m not

for something I wished I could be

Pretty and fine,

I’d draw the line

at just singing soothingly

but I’ve been a liar

I have been ugly

I can be ugly

And we’ll join the Venture and the Morning Star

Singing haul away my laddie-o…

You’re lost on a sea that you sailed on

Now its cold and rough