Santa Maria Lyrics

Lyric discussion by niteflite01 

Cover art for Santa Maria lyrics by Frames, The

Glen has offered both of the above explanations for the song - the Egon Schiele one being the most oftenly used.

Once though, Glen simple introduced the song by saying...

"This song is about a ship".

The Santa Maria De La Rosa, one of the Spanish Armada ships sheltering from the weather off the coast of Kerry in Ireland in 1588, struck some rocks and sank, leaving only one survivor, and the equivalent of billions of pounds worth of gold on the sea bed - most of which still lies unrecovered.