Song Description
This is essentailly a protest song about a widespread social problem -- the incarceration of children and teenagers in private mental hospitals. The song is also about the ability of the human mind to transcend even the most difficult of circumstances.
| Song Length |
4:40 |
Genre |
Pop - Dreampop, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious, Poignant |
Subject |
Sanity/Insanity, Loneliness |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
This could be the third time
Sinking in their sympathy
This could be the last time
Coming up for air
Concern runs very deep
So they modify behavior
To fit the diagnosis
To justify her care
It?s flowing in her veins now
She?s standing on the bottom
They reserved her a place
In the permanent chair
But the sight of the sea
Through the wire in the window
Takes her to somewhere
Other than there
The moon was a sailor
Becalmed in the bay
It shone on her house
As she stood looking out
From her doorway
And it seemed to be
Pulling her upward
And together they
Went sailing away
To the darkening rim
Of the planet
Where the waves
Of the ocean
Come to rest upon
The western land
Each wave at the end
Of a long, silent journey
From the shores of Japan
The course of the treatment
Has no set duration
The punishments given
Are measured and fair
Each new medication
Is carefully chosen
Side effects noted
Fatalities rare
Now the sun has set
And the night bird calls
The tide is rising
And before it falls
She must travel
Just as far as she can
All the way from here
To the shores of Japan
This could be the third time
Sinking in their sympathy
This could be the last time
Coming up for air
Concern runs very deep
So they modify behavior
To fit the diagnosis...
This could be the third time
Sinking in their sympathy
This could be the last time
She?ll be coming up for air
This could be the third time
Sinking in their sympathy
This could be the last time
She?ll be coming up for air
This could be the third time
Sinking in their sympathy
This could be the last time
She?ll be coming
She?ll be coming
She?ll be coming?
Moonlight is caught
In the folds of the curtain
The curtain is tossed
And her is heart uplifted
By the wind from the ocean
By salt-laden wind
Is her spirit redeemed
Jack Cegeste, Simon Mage
Copyright 2005, Mystery School Music, LLC