And Yet - Sting.mp3

[00:08.64]This town, this stain on the sunrise,
[00:11.82]
[00:13.82]Disguised in the mist this morning,
[00:16.50]
[00:17.13]It's 8AM, a seagull shouts a sailor's warning.
[00:22.30]
[00:23.68]This sky, this bend in the river,
[00:27.30]
[00:28.80]Slows down and delivers me, the tide rolls back,
[00:33.30]
[00:34.04]And all my memories fade to black,
[00:37.16]
[00:37.91]And yet, and yet...I'm back.
[00:42.45]
[00:45.20]This town has a strange magnetic pull,
[00:47.25]
[00:48.82]Like a homing signal in your skull,
[00:50.82]
[00:52.43]And you sail by the stars of the hemisphere,
[00:54.56]
[00:55.99]Wondering how in the Hell did ye end up here?
[00:58.31]
[00:59.62]It's like an underground river, or a hidden stream,
[01:02.17]
[01:03.17]That flows through your head, and haunts your dreams,
[01:05.54]
[01:06.91]And you stuffed those dreams in this canvas sack,
[01:09.29]
[01:10.41]And there's nothing round here that the wide world lacks,
[01:13.46]
[01:14.53]And yet, and yet...You're back.
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[01:21.76]Some nights I'd lie on the deck
[01:24.14]and I'd stare at the turning of the stars,
[01:26.45]
[01:29.07]Those constellations hanging up
[01:31.43]there from the cables and the rigging,
[01:33.93]
[01:36.31]I'd wonder if she saw the same,
[01:38.24]
[01:39.86]or managed to recall my name,
[01:42.11]
[01:43.73]But why would she ever think of me?
[01:45.73]
[01:47.16]Some boy she loved who fled to sea?
[01:49.84]
[01:50.78]And why waste time debating
[01:53.59]
[01:54.34]whether she'd be waiting for the likes of me?
[02:00.55]
[02:07.48]So ye drift into port with the scum of the seas,
[02:09.97]
[02:10.72]To the dance halls and the brothels where you took your ease!
[02:13.90]
[02:14.71]And the ship's left the dock but you're half past caring,
[02:17.15]
[02:18.08]And ye haven't got a clue whose bed you're sharing.
[02:20.57]
[02:21.70]And your head's like a hammer on a bulkhead door,
[02:23.82]
[02:24.88]And it feels like somebody might have broken your jaw,
[02:27.38]
[02:28.13]And there's bloodstains and glass all over the floor,
[02:31.12]
[02:32.00]And ye swear to God ye'll drink no more,
[02:35.24]
[02:36.12]And yet, and yet.
[02:38.54]
[02:44.23]In truth, it's too late to find her,
[02:48.09]
[02:49.40]Too late to remind her at some garden gate,
[02:52.90]
[02:53.96]Where a servant tells me I should wait,
[02:56.33]
[02:57.33]And perhaps a door's slammed in my face,
[03:00.08]
[03:01.57]My head must be in outer space,
[03:04.51]
[03:05.25]And yet, and yet,
[03:07.63]
[03:08.88]Before the sun has set,
[03:11.06]
[03:12.49]Before the sea,
[03:14.24]
[03:15.75]There may be something else that's waiting for,
[03:19.48]
[03:20.73]The likes of me.
[03:23.54]
[03:38.79]This town, this stain on the sunrise...