Down To The Waterline Lyrics

Lyric discussion by McAuron 

Cover art for Down To The Waterline lyrics by Dire Straits

I took it as a couple which went on a sort of... daring date "down to the waterline" where they were not allowed by law to be. The excitment of the danger and the presence of the man she was with has engraved the night into the woman's memory and "she can still hear him whisper..."