Love Among The Sailors
Love's Desperate Voyage: Navigating Existential Peril
Lyrics
There is a hot wind blowing
Introduction to a troubling and intense situation symbolized by a hot wind.
it moves across the oceans and into every port.
The impact of the troubling situation is widespread, affecting all ports and oceans.
A plague. A black plague. There's danger everywhere
Describing the situation as a black plague, emphasizing the pervasive danger.
And you've been sailing.
Addressing the listener who has been sailing, implying exposure to the dangers described.
And you're all alone on an island now tuning in.
Isolation on an island, tuning into the situation, suggesting a sense of detachment.
Did you think this was the way
Raising a question about the listener's expectations and how they imagined the world would end.
Your world would end?
Reflecting on the unpredictability of the situation and its contrast to expectations.
Hombres. Sailors. Comrades.
Addressing different groups - Hombres, Sailors, Comrades, creating a sense of shared experience.
There is no pure land now. No safe place.
Declaring the absence of a pure and safe land, emphasizing the pervasive danger once again.
And we stand here on the pier
Describing the act of observing someone in distress on the pier.
Watching you drown.
The act of watching someone drown, possibly metaphorical for witnessing a crisis.
Love among the sailors.
Introduction of the theme: Love among the sailors.
Love among the sailors.
Repetition of the theme, reinforcing its significance.
There is a hot wind blowing.
Reiteration of the hot wind, emphasizing the persistent and widespread nature of the troubling situation.
Plague drifts across the oceans.
Describing the spread of the plague across oceans, underlining its extensive reach.
And if this is the work of an angry god
Raising a question about the origin of the situation, expressing a desire to confront it directly.
I want to look into his angry face.
Expressing a willingness to face the consequences and challenges represented by an angry god.
There is no pure land now. No safe place.
Repeating the absence of a pure land, reinforcing the idea of a world without safety.
Come with us into the mountains.
Inviting others to join in facing the challenges, possibly seeking solidarity or strength in numbers.
Hombres. Sailors. Comrades.
Addressing the same groups again, emphasizing a sense of unity in confronting the situation.
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