Ship of Fools

Lyrics

The way of an eagle in the air The way of a serpent upon a rock The way of a ship in the midst of the sea Way of a man with a maid The way of a man with a maid Chains of strength, chains of fear Chains of strength, chains of fear Marking words in Satan's ear Marking words in Satan's ear The manger whips, the nursemaid lies The manger whips, the nursemaid lies Chains that launch the ship of sighs Chains that launch the ship of sighs Child sun, baby moon Pass a faked hope or a failed love soon Windward burning boats, slitting throats Hopeless and gazing, hopeless and gazing Child head, baby brain On the slipway, bluffed again Your tide is out, your blinds, your blinds are drawn Sailor fools are born, sailor fools are born Sound the foghorn horns Sound the foghorn horns Screaming siren scorns Screaming siren scorns Petrifies the human pawns Child deranged, galactic fault The arclights burned, the squadrons halt Baby breathes the gale and tastes the salt Alarmed and cowering, alarmed and cowering Child tenor, baby crooner Tripping double time onboard the schooner Blows the whistle, sucks, sucks the crisis pipe For a lifelong passage, for a lifelong passage Sound the foghorn horns Sound the foghorn horns Screaming siren scorns Screaming siren scorns Petrifies the human pawns Child skipper, baby mate Ship of fools becomes the ship of fate While gospel singers cool, cool the panic struck Forced and bitter luck, forced and bitter luck Child cry, baby sleep My cabin is yesterday, my crater deep On deck, the captain scans, scans the X-ray card We need a metal surgeon, we need a metal surgeon Sound the foghorn horns Sound the foghorn horns Screaming siren scorns Screaming siren scorns Petrifies the human pawns Child steals, baby seeks Travels miles and lifeless weeks Then turns the coverlet and shakes and shakes the sheets They're only learning, they're only learning Child chokes, baby dies Fetid rumours, human cries Transparent fighters fly the transient skies A hard coming we had and a harder going A hard coming we had and a harder going A hard coming we had and a harder going A hard coming we had and a harder going