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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had this dream (1)__________ I relished
The fray and the screaming that (2)____________ 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 died in the water here
Five hundred more were thrashing madly as (3)__________________ 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 left in the (4)__________ got kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home.

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