Burial At Sea (feat. Big Thief, iji & Twain)

take me out to the edge of the sky

fill me with laughter and a lopsided smile

and roll back the waves that cloud my eyes

I want to dance with the whales for a while

oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

there's a message in a bottle from fourteen hundred and ninety-two shipwrecked sailors on a rock

a stone's throw away from the village they plundered

"our time is up, no more shall we count the clicks of the clock"

oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

beware, beware, with sea-weed in her hair

a mermaid strums a haunted mandolin

she'll take you deeper into the maze

past the point where you'll survive by doing tricks with your chin

oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

oh, the sleepers of the deep sweep from shore to floor

chances are slim, and you'll come back the same

and if you wish to return to the shore

I'll teach the gentle vikings to remember your name

oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

so, drain me away to the far-flung sea

and measure me with mystery, weigh me with wonder

slip me away between the sheets

over the top, and all the way under

oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah