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One of our submarines is missing tonight
Seems she ran aground on manoeuvres
One of our submarines
A hungry heart
To regulate their breathing
One more night
The Winter Boys are freezing in their spam tin
The Baltic moon
Along the northern seaboard
And down below
The Winter Boys are waiting for the storm
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Shallow water - channel and tide
And I can trace my history
Down one generation to my home
In one of our submarines
One of our submarines
The red lights flicker, sonar weak
Air valves hissing open
Half her pressure blown away
Flounder in the ocean
See the Winter Boys
Drinking heavy water from a stone
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Shallow water - channel and tide
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Tired illusion drown in the night
And I can trace my history
Down one generation to my home
In one of our submarines
One of our submarines
One of our submarines
Seems she ran aground on manoeuvres
One of our submarines
A hungry heart
To regulate their breathing
One more night
The Winter Boys are freezing in their spam tin
The Baltic moon
Along the northern seaboard
And down below
The Winter Boys are waiting for the storm
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Shallow water - channel and tide
And I can trace my history
Down one generation to my home
In one of our submarines
One of our submarines
The red lights flicker, sonar weak
Air valves hissing open
Half her pressure blown away
Flounder in the ocean
See the Winter Boys
Drinking heavy water from a stone
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Shallow water - channel and tide
Bye-bye empire, empire bye-bye
Tired illusion drown in the night
And I can trace my history
Down one generation to my home
In one of our submarines
One of our submarines
One of our submarines
Lyrics submitted by milkmiruku, edited by thecrossbone
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I recorded this song from the radio when I was a kid - I hoped the DJ would have spoke the Artist name or title but didn't and I didn't know for years who made on of my favorite songs. I finally heard it playing at Outback of all places. I hushed the whole restaurant until it was over. The waiter who made the mix CD came and gave it to me and finally I had it. The line, " drinking heavy water from a stone," Both biblical and scientific. Like Moses striking the stone to save his followers. But heavy water is a reference to the reactors responsible for enriching uranium and plutonium to weapons grade. I think it's about an accident leading to radiation contamination - and knowingly not calling in for fear of radiation escaping. That's what I felt was the message.
@UncleFuzzy The problem, there, as in other comments, is that Dolby has been absolutely clear that he was writing about a relative who died in a submarine in WWII. There were no nuclear powered submarines in WWII.