Life In Dark Water

Album: Time Passages (1978)
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  • Oh come away from the day, here I stay
    Living on the bottom of the sea
    Down metal snake corridors steely grey
    Engines hum for nobody but me
    No sound comes from the sea above me
    No messages crackles through the radio leads
    They'll never know, never no never
    How strange life in dark water can be

    Oh mariners spare a thought when you pass
    Those who live the submarine life
    Far in the deep sonar eyes never sleep
    Hiding like a shadow in the night
    Jet planes nose through the clouds above me
    They look for radar traces of me to see
    They'll never know, never no never
    How strange life in dark water can be

    Wonder what the stars look like
    Coming out tonight
    Tell my girl she must be strong
    She sits and waits all night long
    Just looking for a better day
    She'll have to find another way to go

    No memory, tell me what's wrong with me
    Why am I alone here with no rest
    And now the name of the ship's not the same
    How long has it been Marie Celeste
    Now there's nobody from the crew left
    Five hundred years supply of food just for me

    They'll never know, never no never
    How strange life in dark water can be Writer/s: AL STEWART
    Publisher: Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Kingpin from LandThis song makes me think about that Mini-Sub that broke down when it was going to explore the wreck of the Titanic. The people on board must have felt like this when they realized there was something wrong. Another example of why so many of Al Stewart's songs remind me of Joseph Conrad.
  • Molly from IllinoisThis song speaks of depression to me - the isolation and disconnection from the world that can come from deep depression. No one who hasn't been there can ever know how strange it can be.
  • PeteYes the internet has removed all confusion!
  • Richard from TexasI'm friends with Brian Savage. Pretty darned good Sax player!
  • Bf from North Salmon CreekSurely you're leaving that "s" to see who reads to the end of the article... the title of that big hit refers to only one year vis a vis cats. Otherwise, a revealing narrative of an enigmatic song. I just heard it broadcast on my local folk music publicly funded station. I wish Al shares more mysterious songs with us.
  • Tony from San DiegoPretty decent song
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