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?