Two years spent before the mast And no one knows the secrets that we're hiding If word got loose, you'd face the lash And thirteen loops would hold me fast and silent Things are not always as they seem to be Outside us Devil got poor Persephone But they can't take They can't take you from me They can't take you from me Can't take you from me Can't take you from me
Mr. Jones done made a mistake, it's all business Worse thing than the watery grave with poor rictus I found and bound a barrel of grain in the hold, listless So hollow, half out of dismay, frayed princess I guess I've gone soft on my age, they call it instinct The rebels get the devil to pay her, the cat hissing Gonna start, I know I oughta send her to the brig But strongest, not scared, and still bothered with calm winds And all things aren't what they seem to be and Small walls separating Earth from Eden One rib did give Eve a meaning And one snip might could keep a secret With the short hair there and a change of clothing Fit right in and work soak and oakum Four fortnights she'll annul with the opium I might slip by, but for her and boatswain
Two years spent before the mast And no one knows the secrets that we're hiding If word got loose, you'd face the lash And thirteen loops would hold me fast and silent Things are not always as they seem to be Outside us Devil got poor Persephone But they can't take They can't take you from me
Clip of her shears Twist of her hair To the air, handsomely 'Til it floated down on the cloud Reflected on the glassy sea And the winds disappear Stripped almost bare Bathe in a transfixed state And all things are what they seem to be She floated next to me Just out of reach
There is no knot so steadfast It won't go broke in the middle of monsoons You both don't show, waiting, watching With wet lips, your clothes soaked through Blinded mind of the red sky and oxide clouds The injustice of feds made in Wisconsin (?) Blooms coupled up with the stem means there's no rain (?) Once you poked a bridge against the bulkhead, the world pitched (?) Pulled to your shit with soft needs and the soap stone (?)
Mr. Jones is the poor soul who walked into a tempest And this time two poor fools Give them a whipping and head sail quirks quick lose (?) The best men can end when the storm rolls through (?) So we paid our keep For the sin of a reckless dream In the scene where secrets sleep Between me, her, the Devil and the deep blue sea
Two years spent before the mast And no one knows the secrets that we're hiding If word got loose, you'd face the lash And thirteen loops would hold me fast and silent Things are not always as they seem to be Outside us Devil got poor Persephone But they can't take They can't take you from me They can't take you from me Can't take you from me Can't take you from me