Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had this dream where I relished
The fray and the (1)__________________ (2)________ (3)____________ my head all day
It was as though I'd been spit there, (4)______________ in , into a pocket
Of a (5)____________________ off some rocky socket,
Off the coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, four thousand men died in the water here
Five hundred more (6)________ 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 (7)________ nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The selection was quick, the crew was picked and
those left in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we (8)____________ for home.

Then the dream ends when the (9)__________ rings
You doing alright he said it's out there ,most days and nights
But only a fool would complain
Anyway Susan if you like our conversation is as faint as the sound in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the hull

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