Collaboration with Jim Chapman
(his performance/music/vocals and my lyric)
Story behind the song
Song written to a fixed title as part of a 1+1 collab comp.
Lyrics
You, me and the devil sea
A hole where my soul should be
I saw the devil wink at me
I heard him call my name
I paid the ferryman his dues
Told him everything I knew
I felt I was expected to
We all felt the same
We never saw it coming, but we felt it when it hit
Everyone was running as the hull began to split
The Devil Sea has taken me
And that’s the strength of it
No-one’s left to write the letters home
Just five days til we hit land
Nothing ever goes as planned
Something you should understand
It’s just a numbers game
I’m told it was a submarine
It showed up on the sonar screen
No need to warn the grunt marines
Til the torpedos came
We never saw it coming, but we felt it when it hit
Everyone was running as the hull began to split
The Devil Sea has taken me
And that’s the strength of it
No-one’s left to write the letters home
I’ve heard them singing hymns for me
“For Those in Peril on the Sea”
God don’t give no guarantees
And no-one knows my name
I’m just another soul to claim
We never saw it coming, but we felt it when it hit
Everyone was running as the hull began to split
The Devil Sea has taken me
And that’s the strength of it
No-one’s left to write the letters home