Red

I see red

I hope you find something profound

Out in that cold and barren ground

That you choose instead

Of me

I see red. 

Lots of love songs are about someone falling in love and having them go out to sea. People watched their beloveds leave, called to the sea. What happens when the call is for another ship? One that won’t come back?

This song explores how it might feel to have someone make that choice and…and be left on the shore. When the ship is headed to Mars, well, she sees red.

 

Red

I see red

I hope you find something profound

Out in that cold and barren ground

That you choose instead

Of me

I see red. 

 

When I’m out gazing at the sky

And see that planet passing by

I think of how you

Were enthralled

Pulled like a sailor to the

siren’s* call.

 

Chorus

 

What of uncharted land right here

Darkness as deep as anywhere

you never could take  

pressures below 

I should not be surprised you 

chose to go……

 

You said me you loved me by the shore

we’d have the whole world to explore

But you were obsessed 

with that ship 

One day you just left for a 

one-way trip

 

Like ochre duststorms on the plain

Thoughts of you blind me in my pain

When you stand on

An ancient sea

Do you ever look up and

Think of me?