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Will you search through the loamy earth for me
Climb through the brier and bramble
I'll be your treasure
I felt the touch of the kings and the breath of the wind
I knew the call of all the song birds
They sang all the wrong words
I'm waiting for you
I'm waiting for you
Will you swim through the briny sea for me
Roll along the ocean's floor
I'll be your treasure
I'm with the ghost of the men who can never sing again
There's a place, follow me
Where a love lost at sea
Is waiting for you
Is waiting for you
Climb through the brier and bramble
I'll be your treasure
I knew the call of all the song birds
They sang all the wrong words
I'm waiting for you
I'm waiting for you
Roll along the ocean's floor
I'll be your treasure
There's a place, follow me
Where a love lost at sea
Is waiting for you
Is waiting for you
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I think the first line might be loamy earth, rather than lonely.... Could be wrong though.
@Sheldon11
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I've listened very carefully to Johnny Flynn singing this song of his. It's beautiful, but he sings his words soft and blurry, so it's difficult to tell whether he's singing 'loamy' or 'lonely'.
I've listened very carefully to Johnny Flynn singing this song of his. It's beautiful, but he sings his words soft and blurry, so it's difficult to tell whether he's singing 'loamy' or 'lonely'.
I also listened to this other, very lovely version sung on Youtube
I also listened to this other, very lovely version sung on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muPTwkZBrYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muPTwkZBrYg
On this version, the word is clearly 'lonely'.
On this version, the word is clearly 'lonely'.
Incidentally, the first line of the final verse should begin 'I'm with the ghosts of the men...', not 'I'm with the ghost of the men...'
Incidentally, the first line of the final verse should begin 'I'm with the ghosts of the men...', not 'I'm with the ghost of the men...'