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Curse at your captain, and stow me below.
Hold me amongst all your cards.
Oh we were sea bound, and aimless at best.
Clutching to the wheel, and those charts.
But that sea is just a gambler at heart.
Oh there we were, and the sun hit the starboard.
And we were as free as we could be.
We waited for land.
Oh we waited for the
We aimed to stay calm and cool.
And that sea is just a gambling fool.
Come to me Mary come.
You know you once were Queen.
The ocean is, holding all the Kings.
Tossed aside the weary.
How I'd love to steer you straight into the water.
While those daunting clouds above begin to pour.
And when were found, Ah we'll kiss that ground.
And roll around on that lovers' floor.
Come to me Mary come.
You know you once were Queen.
The ocean is, holding all the Kings.
Tossed aside the weary.
The ocean is, holding everything.
Tossed aside the weary.
Oh that dreadful gambling sea.
Hold me amongst all your cards.
Oh we were sea bound, and aimless at best.
Clutching to the wheel, and those charts.
But that sea is just a gambler at heart.
Oh there we were, and the sun hit the starboard.
And we were as free as we could be.
We waited for land.
Oh we waited for the
We aimed to stay calm and cool.
And that sea is just a gambling fool.
Come to me Mary come.
You know you once were Queen.
The ocean is, holding all the Kings.
Tossed aside the weary.
How I'd love to steer you straight into the water.
While those daunting clouds above begin to pour.
And when were found, Ah we'll kiss that ground.
And roll around on that lovers' floor.
Come to me Mary come.
You know you once were Queen.
The ocean is, holding all the Kings.
Tossed aside the weary.
The ocean is, holding everything.
Tossed aside the weary.
Oh that dreadful gambling sea.
Lyrics submitted by AugustOfOmaha
Track duration: 06:01
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The sea often symbolizes truth. Gregory sings, to me, in the second verse about a couple dancing the wild and unpredictable and pure dance of new love - "Oh we were sea bound, and aimless at best."
He remembers the crazy new love 'hitting starboard' and the feel of this pure beautiful emotion, and he goes on to say that this new love was waiting to 'find land' and settle down.
"Oh there we were, and the sun hit the starboard.
And we were as free as we could be.
We waited for land.
Oh we waited for the
We aimed to stay calm and cool."
But here the theme of the song really comes to light as Gregory sings of his realization that you cannot steer love. Love is true, pure; and the water is pure.
He remembers Mary (as in synonym for mary times) and wishes her back.
Perhaps it's about self discovery? The ocean is him, and he is sailing with all his might to try and find his way to land, where he will then understand himself. The journey he is choosing to take is a gamble, and the sea is a gambling fool, so would it make sense that the sea is just a part of him that he hasn't discovered yet? Could Mary be the person who he needs to make the journey work (for sometimes people have to find the right person in order to find themselves)?
I'd really like to know for sure what this song is about, because I highly doubt my cognition is good enough for me to do it on my own...