Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had this dream where I relished
The fray and the (1)__________________ 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 coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, four thousand men (2)________ in the water (3)________
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 (4)__________ get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The selection was quick, the (5)________ was picked and
those left in the water got (6)____________ off our (7)________ leg and we headed for home.

Then the (8)__________ (9)________ when the phone rings
You doing alright he said it's out there ,most days and nights
But only a fool (10)__________ 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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