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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

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

One afternoon, (5)________ thousand men died in the water here
Five hundred more were thrashing madly as parasites might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat (6)________________ for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic (7)__________ 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 left in the water got (8)____________ off our pant leg and we (9)____________ 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 Susan if you like our conversation is as faint as the sound in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the (10)________
Answers:
(1) screaming(2) that(3) settled(4) rocky(5) four(6) designed(7) would(8) kicked(9) headed(10) hull