Phantom Island

I just woke up from a dream

I was in a place I'd never been, or never seen

So I parked up my horse, everything seemed sweet

Found the closest speakeasy and ordered a stiff drink

Fuck, I never thought I'd lose my mind

I s'pose sanity is easy to lose and hard to find

Hey, and can you hear that tintinnabulation?

Or are there bats in the belfry again?

A landborn illusion breaks the ocean's surface

Is this mental confusion or have I finally found my purpose?

Coconut congas playing in time with the waltz of a tortoise

A symphony of delusion as my thoughts finally realise their purpose

I hope this place is here in the morning

Or I'll be floating back to land with the water bloated corpses

That palm tree's looking at me funny with a sideways belligerence

A symphony of delusion as my thoughts realise their ignorance

Paranoia's umbra grows

Is that laughter or a crow?

Every rustle in the trees, a potential snare

Close my eyes and block my ears

Cut the cord and leave me here

Phantom Island

Phantom Island

Phantom Island

Phantom Island

Am I chasing shadows?

Reality superimposed

Every footprint in the sand

Every crackle of dry leaves

Every wave that breaks too close

Every whisper on the breeze

Every shape inside a cloud

Every star that's out of place

Everything that I believe

Throw it all into the sea and be free

Sixteen horses galloping

Twelve long years of grabbing

Grappling the bull by its horns

I can feel it in my loins

The crippling moon wash cycle

The laughing river, rising flood

The flip of the coin

It's another turning point

Phantom Island, insane asylum

Phantom Island, insane asylum

I'm the drover, cattle dog

The lame and laggard, one true god

Let your bygones be bygones

Bow down to Set and Typhon

The long lagoon of rhythmic hooves

Pounding stampede running through the

Phantom Island, insane asylum

Phantom Island, insane asylum

Phantom Island, insane asylum

Chanting sirens ringing clear

The palm trees' heads are banging

Stuck inside a mental siege

Godspeed, the shore cliff hanging

We must retreat back to sea

Phantom

Phantom

Phantom

Phantom