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(She's Still Got The) Ocean In Her Veins

from The Life You Hit by Callum Baird

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The grace and poise of a desert snake
Sliding across the sand
Spitting poison onto red rocks
And into my open hands
Colouring up the wood-painted sky
A sunset cherry-red
Throw yourself into the wishing well
Don’t wish that you were dead

And she’s out hunting bandits in the hills
Playing piano in the old mill
Chasing scarecrows through the mine
Dancing on frozen lakes
But only in the summertime
She’ll touch you like a graveyard, she’s so cold
Blessed with wings and a curse that she won’t unfold

The moon lashes out with her silver whips
Driving waves against the rocks
Smashing the ghosts of pirate ships
And the hands of broken clocks
The ocean’s tense like a chessboard
Waiting for her next move
But she can go forward, or she can go back
Some bridges are fireproof

She’s still got the ocean in her veins
But her skin got tough in the dust of the interstate

Oh and now the rain hits black and smoke bleeds out from the factory’s mouth
Oh, the shipyards burn, taste the hot wind, see the blowtorch clouds

She’s scraping the sky on a street downtown
And all the city dogs howl
Beneath panama hats
Paintbrushes trailing behind her
But I don’t think about that
She’ll touch you like a graveyard, she’s so cold
Blessed with wings and a curse that she won’t unfold
Playing piano in the old mill
Chasing scarecrows through the mine
Dancing on frozen lakes
But only in the summertime
She’s still got the ocean in her veins
But her skin got tough in the dust of the interstate

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from The Life You Hit, released October 11, 2010

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