It's about a woman lost at sea. The whole second half of the album, The Ninth Wave, tells the story of a woman alone at sea. To Dream Of Sheep is her trying not to succumb to hypothermia and fall asleep in the cold water. In Under Ice she falls asleep and in her dream she sees herself drowning. Jig of Life: "Where on your palm is my little line?" Her older self is trying to communicate with her younger, present self. And so on. Kate herself has said as much.
It's about a woman lost at sea. The whole second half of the album, The Ninth Wave, tells the story of a woman alone at sea. To Dream Of Sheep is her trying not to succumb to hypothermia and fall asleep in the cold water. In Under Ice she falls asleep and in her dream she sees herself drowning. Jig of Life: "Where on your palm is my little line?" Her older self is trying to communicate with her younger, present self. And so on. Kate herself has said as much.