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You might know the old tale that says you should always smash an empty eggshell? Legend has it that it’s in case a witch uses it to ride out to sea to whip up a storm and claim the life of a mariner. I came up with a dark little tale - that old sea shanty chestnut, the sailor picks up a girl by the harbourside and sails away the next day, his boat his only true love. This time, he picks the wrong woman - or was she keeping her eye out for a guy like him all along? Louis has the perfect voice for this - If you’ve not heard him before, go and listen to his own stuff, it’s bleak, beautiful and funny.
lyrics
Seventeen hours at sea, westerly bound from Rye
As we wait alone,
My lugger and me, naught but eggshells on the line
I saw her down by the quay, her dark smile turned my eye
For the night alone.
My lugger and me, naught but eggshells on the line
Dawn broke, I was trimming the sheet. Offering her no fond goodbye
As we left her alone,
My lugger and me, naught but eggshells on the line.
And now I hear her coming for me, I can hear her scream in the rise
Of the wind...
My lugger and me, naught but eggshells on the line.
The wind will howl and the ropes will crack,
and I will stand firm with the mast at my back
Get you down, I'll curse at the gale, get you down, I'll spit at the tide
And she'll drag me down low
To feast on my bones, naught but eggshells on the line.
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Love the complexity of this track and the rising and falling of the violins, and the texture. Makes me want to dance.
Thank you so much for this album. I really love it, and find it really inspiring my own work on the Witchcraft Trials ❤️ tararosehip