Under Starling - Selkie (Live from The Grand Social, Dublin) [April 2024]

Under Starling performing Selkie live from The Grand Social, Dublin.
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LYRICS
The strength of the ocean
Is holding me down
Doesn’t mean I don’t love you
I’ll try not to drown
I float to the surface
I’m miles from you now
My body is aching
I’m naked and bound
I cry
[chorus chant]
The shape of the water
Was all I could feel
In thought I was drifting
When up swam a seal
It stared into my soul
And I could see through
I saw how it ended
And cried out for you
[chorus chant]
I watched as the beast
Began shedding its skin
No god could foresee
What resided within
A girl cloaked in seaweed
Too fair for this world
She told me to take it
Then sank like a pearl
A storm it was rising
Rain cut like a blade
By song of a seagull
I broke through the waves
I crossed the horizon
Where the sky swallowed me
I’ve become the selkie
I’ve become the sea
[chorus chant]
All I needed
Was your existence
For your body of water
I’d swim the distance
Behold the ocean
Surrounding me
Your mind is open
Your heart is deep
Behold the ocean
Surrounding me
Your mind is open
Your heart is deep
Behold the ocean
Surrounding me
Your mind is open
Your heart is deep
I am the sea you are the shore
I am the sea you are the shore
I am the sea you are the shore
I am the sea you are the shore
I am the sea you are the shore
I am the sea you are the shore
I am the sea you are the shore
I am the sea you are the shore