Pay this vessel no mind, alone remain, floating here

This isn't a music blog, and if I keep to the ethos I have in mind, it will never be.  And yet, and yet, it's a personal blog, and music has a profound impact on my state of mind.  That said, for once, the title of this blog, and the song it references, are the soul inspiration for it's genesis.  Someone was looking for help deciphering the lyrics of the song via the above posted youtube performance, which I listened to and corrected.  Needless to say, if ever there was a brilliant way to plant a song into someone's consciousness beyond tertiary exposure, that was the way to go, and boy oh boy did it work!

Dark Lonely Ocean by Naive Thieves


A shadow in the swell 
a weary old whale 
I'm drifting through the night 

blacker than tobacco spit 
abiding the water's writ 
I'm ready to head to port 

I hope you find 
uncharted seas beyond divides 
pay this vessel no mind 
alone remain floating here 

dark lonely ocean 

somewhere along the way 
a lantern upon a wave 
came crashing against the hull 

still crooked, I crane to see 
delicate company 
you said oh, it's trouble time 

I hope you find 
uncharted seas beyond divides 
may this vessel of mine 
alone remain floating here 

dark lonely ocean 

you anchored a family 
a dimming memory 
I'd held fast in your wake 

ill fated back and fill 
return me to the soul and swill 
let me sink into your arms 

I hope you find 
uncharted seas beyond divides 
may this vessel of mine 
alone remain floating here 

dark lonely ocean


The song can be found for download at http://naivethieves.com as part of their EP or alone.  Either way, the song taps into an emotional condition that puts me in the same mood that Freedy Johnston's Blue Days Black Nights did, melancholy and adrift.  The thing is, for a change, I wasn't in a melancholy mood and came across this song which satisfied it. The power of this song compels me to be in that kind of mood to justify playing it on repeat.  Sort of like Mindy Smith's Love Lost, but you know, I'll be the first to tell you, if the heartache it takes to make this kind of music is a necessity for it's genesis, and appreciation, I'd forgo it and I wouldn't miss it. I'd be too busy enjoying the sweetness of life with no regrets.  I'd be spinning One by Sunny Day Real Estate 24/7;  Live  so you can see the energy they put in this one and the Smile on Dan's Face, and Studio so you can hear the anthemic perfection of this swirling epic.