Message In A Bottle

The Police

Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day, no one here but me, oh
More loneliness any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh

I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my

Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah

A year has passed since I wrote my note
I should have known this right from the start
Only hope can keep me together
Love can mend your life but love can break your heart

I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my

Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Oh, message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah

Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw
Hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone in being alone
Hundred billion castaways looking for a home

I'll send an SOS to the world
I'll send an SOS to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my

Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, whoa
Message in a bottle, yeah

Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
I'm sendin' out an SOS
I'm sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS
Sendin' out an SOS


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Message in a Bottle Lyrics as written by Gordon Sumner

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    This is a song about the distant future, when Earth has become too polluted and ravaged by nuclear holocaust to support human life. Of the billions of people of the overpopulated planet, a few brave souls step forward as volunteers in the search for a new home.

    Sting is one of them.

    After half a year of travelling at nearly the speed of light, he touches down on a barren, lifeless world. Living on what slim provisions he brought with him, and with a ship too damaged to return, he despairs. His only option is to send an SOS back to Earth, warning Mankind that this planet will not do.

    Back on Earth, latent radiation has prevented them from hearing back from any of the scouts they sent out. They never get Sting's message, and with the oxygen supply running out, the entire population of Earth blasts off, headed to Sting's hopeless planet.

    One year later, after never having heard word back from Earth, Sting awakes to see streaks of light in the early predawn sky, as billions of escape pods enter the atmosphere. He is no longer alone, but with Mankind doomed to die out in a manner of months, does it really matter?

    tps12on August 30, 2002   Link

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