EmDG
I had this dream where I relished the fray
DEmDCD
and the screaming filled my head all day.
EmDG
It was as though Iʼd been spit here, settled in,
DEmDC
into the pocket of a lighthouse on some rocky socket,
DEmD
off the coast of France, dear.
GDEmD
One afternoon, four thousand men died in the water here
CDEmDG
and five hundred more were thrashing madly as parasites might
DEmDCD
in your blood.
EmDG
Now I was in a lifeboat designed for ten and ten only,
DEmD
anything that systematic would get you hated.
CDEmDGD
Itʼs not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated-(uh).
EmDG
The selection was quick, the crew was picked (in order)
DEmDCD
and those left in the water got kicked off our pantleg
EmGCD
and we headed for home.
EmGCDEmDG
Then the dream ends when the phone rings, you doing alright
DEm
he said itʼs out there most days and nights,
DCD
but only a fool would complain.
EmDGD
Anyway Susan, if you like, our conversation
EmDCD
is as faint as a sound in my memory,
EmDGDEmDCD
as those fingernails scratching on my hull.
EmGCD