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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elbow
Elbow
Performer
Craig Potter
Craig Potter
Keyboards
Guy Garvey
Guy Garvey
Vocals
Mark Potter
Mark Potter
Guitar
Pete Turner
Pete Turner
Bass Guitar
Richard Jupp
Richard Jupp
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Craig Potter
Craig Potter
Composer
Guy Garvey
Guy Garvey
Composer
Pete Turner
Pete Turner
Composer
Richard Jupp
Richard Jupp
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Craig Potter
Craig Potter
Mixing Engineer
Danny Evans
Danny Evans
Engineer
José Tomaz Gomes
José Tomaz Gomes
Assistant Recording Engineer
Tim Young
Tim Young
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Paper cup of a boat
Heaving chest of the sea
Carry both of us
Carry her, carry me
[Verse 2]
From the place we were born
To the land of the free
Carry both of us
Carry her, carry me
[Verse 3]
The ocean
That bares us from our home
Could save us
Or take us for its own
[Verse 4]
The danger
That life should lead us here
My angel
Could I have steered us clear?
[Verse 5]
Gone the light from her eyes
With the lives that we made
Just the two of us
In the nights on the waves
[Verse 6]
Moving silent, her lips
By the moon's only light
Sewing silver prayers
In the blanket of night
[Verse 7]
The ocean
That bares us from our home
Could save us
Or take us for its own
[Verse 8]
The danger
That life should lead us here
My angel
Could I have steered us clear?
[Verse 9]
Paper cup of a boat
Heaving chest of the sea
Carry both of us
Oh, swallow her, swallow me
Written by: Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp

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