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11 May 06 - 01:24 PM (#1738150) Subject: Lyr Req: Octavius From: SINSULL This one is on hissyfit's fish out of water. Anyone have the lyrics? Thanks, SINS |
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11 May 06 - 01:26 PM (#1738156) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Octavius From: nutty Just PM Linda Kelly or Pistachio(Hissyfit), I'm sure they would oblige. |
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11 May 06 - 02:02 PM (#1738188) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Octavius From: SINSULL Found it: OCTAVIUS By Linda Kelly Soft eerie light on the water Silent she rolls with the ocean beneath her Columns of ice rise above her Slowly the cold cloak of winter descends Chorus I am no match for you Moonlight has captured her beauty Pale silhouette in the blandness beyond her Swanlike in elegant motion One fleeting moment and then she is gone. Chorus Forced by the passage of time and degree Locked in a prison of death ice and sea Statues of frozen flesh, blood withered bones Death came to those who were so far from home Soft eerie light on the water Square sailed a breathless wind often becalmed her Floating her haunted path eastwards Too late her journey would not take her home Chorus Caught in the grip of the icestorm Lifelike a flickering candle was over Slowly our breath fading from us Caught with the dying words left in our eyes Chorus (was) Steer us beyond that which we have to fear. Keep us in memory of those we hold dear. Onward Octavius drifts into night Dwarfed by cathedrals of glistening light. Soft eerie light on the ocean Gleaming the Arctic stars shine high above us. Onward our dead souls are drifting Caught in a journey of time and degree Chorus (was) Soft eerie light on the water Thirteen long years that it took to discover Crew frozen fast in an ice strom. Caught in the journey of time and degree A true story. Octavius was the first ship to pass throught he Northwest Passage – unknowingly. The crew froze to death in the icy waters of Newfoundland and the ship drifted for thirteen years before it was discovered. |
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11 May 06 - 04:12 PM (#1738334) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Octavius From: Linda Kelly some background-my husband was looking in the Daily Express newspaper, which has a kind of "Does anyone know the answer to this ?"sort of column-to which someone had posed the question -What was the first ship to sail through the North West Passage? -and the story of the Octavius unfolded. Our Website is under reconstruction-at which pont all lyrics will become available -including a bunch of new songs which we have yet to record. |