Foreign Harbours

Through the murkiest of waters you would never hesitate
to swim
In budding innocence a breath of sweeter air it did me bring
Once so
green so green so green around the gills
No chasm dark enough to hinder you
from plunging headlong in

Today the crystal pool has clouded little left
to say
We navigate through murky waters poles poles poles apart
I cannot
change the way that time has played a hand in forming this our fate
Nor trim
the weeds that clog and choke the flow once pure

Shored up shored up
shored up in foreign harbours now
Docked in at quays from which there can be
no escape
Each to our not so supple virtue we do cling
From foreign harbours
we each seek seek seek the final word
Oh foreign harbours now

In truth
our legacy will have the final say
Time she'll show whether they'll sink or
they will swim
We bear the scars of those before us
A procession without
end
A silver chord that binds nobility to sin

Shored up shored up shored
up in foreign harbours now
Docked in at quays from which there can be no
escape
Each to our not so supple virtue we do cling
From foreign harbours we
each seek seek seek the final word
Oh foreign harbours now

Shored up
shored up shored up in foreign harbours now
Docked in at quays from which
there can be no escape
Each to our oh so brittle versions do we cling
From
foreign harbours we still seek seek seek the final word
Oh foreign harbours now