Name: The Ghost Ship
Duration: P00H03M58S
Description: Inspired by The Ghost Ship, a novel by Kate Mosse.

The Ghost Ship

by The Bookshop Band

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Inspired by The Ghost Ship, a novel by Kate Mosse.

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To the boy I once knew
To the boy I knew
To the boy I knew
I gift you to the soil and to the worms to chew

To the girl you once knew
To the girl you knew
To the girl you knew
Give her to the ocean and you’re staring through

For Depravity now
For depravity
For depravity
They tell us that the drop is measured perfectly

You will draw your last breath
You will draw a breath
You will draw a breath
With needle and co-incidence of time and edge

And I will bind this man’s chest
I will tie a chest
I will tie a chest
To float on water till we slip into the depths

So let’s keep it tied
Keep it tied

Take a breath of my air
Take a breath of air
Take a breath of air
The courage of a ship will fall with the corsair (for the right tale)

As an albatross would
Like an albatross
Albatross
Took their souls and put the wind in to our sail

Let’s go with the tide
Let’s go with the tide

Won’t you now turn and flee
Won’t you turn and flee
Turn and flee
Different set of rules are on the Open sea

We are a ship of ghosts
You are a ghost
You are a ghost
Shackled by the wind and to the way we float

To the boy I once knew
To the boy I knew
To the boy I knew
I gift him to the soil and to the worms and you

To the girl you once knew
To the girl you knew
Girl, we
Give her to the ocean just like we used to do

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released June 23, 2023
Ben Please: vocals, guitar
Beth Porter: vocals, cello

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The Bookshop Band Bath, UK

The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They started as a collaboration between a group of musicians in Bath and their local independent bookshop, Mr B's Emporium. Now they are about to go on tour, sponsored by Vintage Books and Independent Booksellers Week, around other bookshops and lit fests. Catch them if you can. Details at www.thebookshopband.co.uk ... more

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