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This is one of the last songs I wrote that made it on Drunken Sailors. I must say that it is my favorite title I've ever come up with.
This is the original version of the song, which is a bit longer than the one on Drunken Sailors. I showed it to my friend Adam Mancuso, who said it could stand to be shortened a bit. I agreed with him, and so I rearranged it a little.
The final, shorter version made it on the album. Katie likes this original version more, since she really likes the lyrics. I don't mind it, but I still think I'm partial to the one on Drunken Sailors (short, sweet, and loaded with that lo-fi hisssssss).
lyrics
Oh, my ship in a bottle,
how I'm glad you are here.
Landlocked as I've been, you give me hope.
And I can see right through
what is holding you back
from setting sail with me.
Is that true? Or is it only me
who is sea-eager all the time,
thinking of you as my satellite?
Oh, I could swear I saw the same thing in your eyes
when you leaned back in your chair,
and looked into me with a tired stare
that seemed to say,
"some nights I wish that you could take me anywhere.
So just find a way
to get me out to sea."
And, oh, my ship in a bottle
how I wish I could get in your cell --
the glass that's holding me back from taking the helm.
But I've got a way of making maps
that are just set in fantasy.
I know that you will never take me
to where it is I've been aching to go.
It doesn't exist, I already know.
Sometimes I think it'd be better
if I didn't talk like this at all.
But I can't be more direct.
I'd break the glass
and never see you again.
So let's just do what it is that we do best.
Oh, my ship in a bottle
let's grab another pint.
I'll drown in that instead of your eyes.
I promise you that I will not
dabble in cartography.
I'll just drift off into the lonely sea.
credits
from
Odds & Ends,
track released November 27, 2007
Written and Performed by Mike Goldense
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