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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

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

One afternoon, four thousand men died in the water here
Five hundred more (3)________ thrashing madly as parasites might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat (4)________________ for ten and ten and only,
Anything (5)________ systematic (6)__________ get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The (7)__________________ was quick, the crew was picked and
those left in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home.

Then the dream ends when the phone rings
You doing alright he said it's out there ,most days and nights
But only a fool would complain
Anyway (8)__________ if you like our conversation is as faint as the sound in my memory
As (9)__________ fingernails (10)____________________ on the hull
Answers:
(1) fray(2) been(3) were(4) designed(5) that(6) would(7) selection(8) Susan(9) those(10) scratching