The Seabirds - The Triffids.mp3

The Seabirds - The Triffids.mp3
[00:01.35]No foreign pair...
[00:01.35]No foreign pair of dark sunglasses
[00:04.56]Will ever shield you from the light
[00:08.94]That pierces your eyelids, the screaming
[00:12.93]Of the gulls / Feeding off the bodies
[00:17.40]Of the fish, thrashing up the bay till it was
[00:22.08]Red, turning the sky a cold dark colour
[00:26.52]As they circled overhead.
[00:45.45]He swam out to the edge of the reef,
[00:48.48]There were cuts across his skin,
[00:52.68]Saltwater on his eyes and arms, but
[00:56.13]He could not feel the sting / There was
[01:00.18]No one left to hold him back, no one
[01:07.14]To call out his name, dress him feed
[01:08.76]Him drive him home, say "Little boy
[01:11.79]It doesn't have to end this way !"
[01:29.37]He announced their trial separation, and
[01:32.91]Spent the night in a Park Beach Motel
[01:35.85]Bed, a total stranger lying next to him,
[01:40.29]Rain hitting the root hard over his head /
[01:43.86]She said "What's the matter now lover
[01:46.92]Boy, has the cat run off with your
[01:52.56]Tongue? Are you drinking to get
[01:53.43]Maudlin, or drinking to get numb?"
[02:16.17]He called out to the seabirds "Take me
[02:18.45]Now, I'm no longer afraid to die", but
[02:22.83]They pretended not to hear him, and just
[02:26.73]Watched him with their hard and bright
[02:28.62]Black eyes / They could pick the eye
[02:31.89]From any dying thing that lay within
[02:32.85]Their reach, but they would not touch
[02:39.27]The solitary figure lying tossed up
[02:42.48]On the beach.
[02:44.19]So, where were you?
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