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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had this (1)__________ where I relished
The fray and the screaming that filled my head all day
It was as though I'd been spit there, settled in , into a pocket
Of a lighthouse off some rocky socket,
Off the (2)__________ of France, Dear

One afternoon, four thousand men died in the (3)__________ here
Five hundred more were thrashing madly as parasites might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic would get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The selection was quick, the crew was picked and
those (4)________ in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we (5)____________ for home.

Then the dream ends when the phone rings
You doing (6)______________ he said it's out there ,most days and nights
But only a fool would complain
Anyway (7)__________ if you like our conversation is as faint as the (8)__________ in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the hull
Answers:
(1) dream(2) coast(3) water(4) left(5) headed(6) alright(7) Susan(8) sound