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What I Know About The Sea I Can Say In A Song

from Turn Your Back On The Crown by The Great Park

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    The third in a trilogy of albums recorded in the kitchen at home in Nuremberg. 'Turn Your Back On The Crown' collects eight new songs and features Johny Lamb (Thirty Pounds Of Bone) on cornet, Sophia Basler (Myself When Young) on violin and Stefanie (Vivian Void) on backing vocals.

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WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE SEA I CAN SAY IN A SONG

WELL YOU CAN FIGHT ALL YOU LIKE YOU WON’T KEEP HER AFLOAT
SHE WILL BUCKLE, SHE WILL TURN, SHE WILL SINK LIKE A STONE
AND WE BOTH WATCH HER GO, NO RECOVERY HERE
THE THING ABOUT THE NIGHT IS WE ALL DISAPPEAR

CAUSE YOU CAN LOOK FOR AN ANSWER YOU CAN MEASURE THE RULES
THE HOW AND THE WHY WELL WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE DO
I TOOKA LONG HARD LOOK AT THE OCEAN TODAY
AND WITHOUT ANY EMOTION I AM CARRIED AWAY

TO WHERE THE LAKE MEETS THE SEA AND THE WATER TURNS THICK
TO WHERE WE STOPPED FOR SUPPLIES BUT THERE WAS NOTHING TO DRINK
AND YOU HAD QUESTIONS I DIDN’T ANSWER ABOUT THE PLANS WE COULD MAKE
AND WHEN THE RESCUE WOULD HAPPEN THAT WOULD COME AND SAVE THE DAY

BUT HAVE WE EVER BEEN THIS HUNGRY HAVE WE EVER BEEN SO LOW
SO THIRSTY WE’LL POUR SALT WATER DOWN THROATS 
WELL I SWALLOW WORDS, BREATHE THE NIGHT, SOMEONE RINGS THE BELL
THEY CALL THE FLOCK IN FROM THE FIELDS AND SEND THEM ALL DOWN TO HELL

AND LATER I PICK UP MY FEET AND I DRAG MYSELF AWAY
I’M NOT A NATURAL BORN SWIMMER BUT I FLOAT JUST THE SAME
AND WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE SEA I CAN SAY IN A SONG
WHAT I TELL OF THE OCEAN IS ONLY SO LONG

LIKE IF YOU SCOOP A CUP OUT THEN THE WHOLE LEVEL GOES DOWN
I SAW HALF A MAN WASHED UP LIKE A STUFFED LEATHER BAG
I SAW A PIECE OF OUR BOAT THAT I COULD REACH ON THE BED
BUT IT’S TWENTY FATHOMS DOWN AND NO WAY UP FROM THERE

NOW THE MORNING COMES GLOWING ALL WET AND ALIVE
AND THE SAILS ARE SHOWING SO DISTANT AND FINE
AND THE DIAMOND OF THEIR CANVAS CUTS HOLES IN THE BLUE
AND TINY TRIANGLES OF LIGHT PUSH THEMSELVES BRIGHTLY THROUGH

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from Turn Your Back On The Crown, released May 8, 2016

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Stephen Burch. Problem folk, songs with words.

"Ein Singer-Songwriter ist immer auch Poet. Und Burch ist ein ganz besonderer." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

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