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The Corpse of Dover / Epilogue

from Sailors and Insomniacs by māsa

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The protagonist of this song wakes up in the night and walks through a sleeping town full of the litter of a travelling circus and down to the sea. Is she going to drown herself, or is there a more transcendent kind of union with the ocean she can achieve? Whatever the answer, the song quests for freedom. The Epilogue of the album represents a gathering of all the outcasts, the shipwrecked lunatic souls, all singing ‘nanananana’ and thumbing their noses to the society that has marginalised them.”

lyrics

It happens first
When the clocks invert
And the hushing of night
Pulls stars over my sight.
But I can't rest
As the lighthouse goes red
Searching for a body
But I can't feel my body.

And so, I'll walk down to the coast
And in the fairy tales
In the fables
I'll be declared unstable
And I know I am long gone
Hovering over
The corpse of Dover.
No bluebirds in sight.

Something blows
Beneath my window
The circus left town
But forgot to sweep the ground.
And I can't see
How my mariner loves me
But I'll stay awake
Always awake.

And so, I'll walk down to the coast
And in the fairy tales
In the fables
I'll be declared unstable
And I know I am long gone
Hovering over
The corpse of Dover.
No bluebirds in sight.

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Life is but a dream
Or so it seems.

And so, I'll walk down to the coast
And in the fairy tales
In the fables
I'll be declared unstable
And I know I am long gone
Hovering over
The corpse of Dover.
No bluebirds in sight.

credits

from Sailors and Insomniacs, released August 5, 2022
Merle Powell-Smith: Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bowed guitar, bass, violin, synths
Faron Powell-Smith: Backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer, synths, harmonium, penny whistle
Jeremy Stacey: Drums

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māsa UK

Alt-folk duo, FKA Currer Bell.
Sisters, harmonies, storytelling.

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