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Ballad of Broken Seas Lyrics
I bring you a tale of the broken seas
and I'm drowning in whisky and beer
my doctor reports if I don't stop soon
I'll drown in an ocean of tears
I looked to you and saw my desire
went from the frying pan into the fire
surrendered to sorrow and was undone
now I'm praying that it won't be long
we fucked up the sun into kingdom come
you are under my blood and my skin
living life at each other's throats
in the gilded sailboat of sin
ours was an ocean to swim around in
ours was an ocean I should have drowned in
my doctor reports that we must be strong
but I'm praying that it won't be long
and I'm drowning in whisky and beer
my doctor reports if I don't stop soon
I'll drown in an ocean of tears
went from the frying pan into the fire
surrendered to sorrow and was undone
now I'm praying that it won't be long
you are under my blood and my skin
living life at each other's throats
in the gilded sailboat of sin
ours was an ocean I should have drowned in
my doctor reports that we must be strong
but I'm praying that it won't be long
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16996602 On Feb 28, 2006
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does the "broken seas" mean something? is this a phrase? i'm struggling here.
The broken seas would be rough seas- wind and high waves, crashing down on the narrators in their "gilded sailboat of sin". They loved each other but got in to some shit and found ruination. I think this is a good lead up to 'Revolver', you have the narrator brooding over his regrets and "praying that it won't be long", then in the next song you have the narrator dreaming of "ending in a violent way".
The line about the "gilded sailboat of sin" is a reference to the Flying Burrito Brothers' album, "The Gilded Palace of Sin". Not sure why, but there it is.