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Quotes from This Is the Sea — Mike Scott

born 1958 Scotland

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9 quotes

Come with me on a journey beneath the skin
We will look together for the Pan within.

This Is the Sea (1985)

Once you were tethered
now you are free
That was the river
this is the sea.

This Is the Sea (1985)

I have heard
the big music
and I'll never be the same
something so pure
just called my name.

This Is the Sea (1985)

The stars are alive and nights like these
were born to be sanctified by you and me.

This Is the Sea (1985)

I have drowned
in the big sea
now I find I'm still alive
And I'm coming up forever
shadows all behind me
ecstacy to come

This Is the Sea (1985)

I pictured a rainbow
you held it in your hands
I had flashes
but you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon.

This Is the Sea (1985)

I was grounded
while you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth
you cut through lies
I saw the lone empty valley
you saw Brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon

This Is the Sea (1985)

You're trying to make sense
of something that you just don't see
You're trying to make sense now
and you know you once held the key
But that was the river
this is the sea.

This Is the Sea (1985)

Flags, rags, ferryboats, scimitars and scarves
every precious dream and vision underneath the stars
You climbed on the ladder
with the wind in your sails
you came like a comet
blazing your trail
too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!

This Is the Sea (1985)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mike Scott (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.