Is It The Sea? - Live - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

The first light's pierced my eyes, it's time to greet

The shearing wind that strips the flesh from me

So don your weathered skins and boots and go

Is it the hell i fear, or is it the sea?

The working world's asleep an hour or more

The barmen from the anchor calls the score

Jack sings a sea-song, chills me to the core

Drink up as it's time to lock the door

So fifteen years have passed, I'm still aboard

I crave the chaos of my family

And all i think of is a world ashore

Is it life i abhor? Is it the sea?

The pain is duller now, a generation by

And music fills my bones again at last

A pride fills my chest, a tear comes to my eyes

To hear my children's children cry