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Oh, Sleeping Bear!
Ran to the top and got scared
Of what I could see
Oh, Lamb of God!
Tell us your perfect design
And give us the rod
Oh, Sturgeon Bay!
Covered completely in sand
And covered in sun
Oh, Saint Marie!
Give up, the rocking boat's drowned
The Captain is done
Ran to the top and got scared
Of what I could see
Oh, Lamb of God!
Tell us your perfect design
And give us the rod
Oh, Sturgeon Bay!
Covered completely in sand
And covered in sun
Oh, Saint Marie!
Give up, the rocking boat's drowned
The Captain is done
Lyrics submitted by drinkmilk
Track duration: 02:52
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Also of note, I just (an hour ago) got to see him play a free show at the Kennedy Center Opera House in downtown DC. He played this song for the first time ever live.
I'll bet there is so much more story behind this than we'll ever know.
According to the legend, an enormous forest fire on the western shore of Lake Michigan (now Wisconsin) drove a mother bear and her two cubs into the lake for shelter, determined to reach the opposite shore. After many miles of swimming, the two cubs lagged behind. When the mother bear reached the shore, she waited on the top of a high bluff. The cubs, exhausted, drowned in the lake, but the mother bear stayed and waited in hopes that her cubs would finally appear. Impressed by the mother bear's determination and faith, the Great Spirit created two islands (North and South Manitou Island) to commemorate the cubs, and the winds buried the sleeping bear under the sands of the dunes where she waits to this day. The location of the "bear" is a patch of dark sand, which once covered the entire bluff top and was visible from the lake. Wind and erosion have caused the "bear" to be greatly reduced in size over the years.
Sweet.