Sailing On A Pool Of Tears

from Believe - Edition II (Studio Album) by Rebecca Downes

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This song is about separation, having just been told that you are forced apart from your lover. It uses the metaphor of drowning for being overcome by grief and has a film-scape feel.

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It’s a cold night, I should hold you
As you tell me the bad news
That you’re locked away from me
That you’re leaving me lonely
It’s the wrong night to have bad dreams
Cause I know what it all means
As I’m dragged way down under
In the storm and the thunder

Longing for the walls to break down
No one hears you when you’re drowning
Somebody hold back the flood

Cause I’m sailing on a pool of tears
And I’m waiting, counting down our broken years
See I’m sailing on a pool of tears
And I’m waiting, as the day disappears

It’s a long night and I can’t sleep
Waters flowing round my feet
And it’s making me colder
Like we’ve grown so much older

There’s a river underneath us
Rising up to defeat us
Full of fear full of danger
Like a terrible stranger

Lonely but for all I stay home
Slowly sinking and I’m thinking
When is the dam gonna break?

See I’m sailing on a pool of tears
And I’m waiting, counting down our broken years
Now I’m sailing on a pool of tears
And I’m waiting, as the day disappears

Longing for the walls to break down
No one hears you when you’re drowning
Somebody hold back the flood

It’s a cold night, I should hold you
As you tell me the bad news
That you’re locked away from me
That you’re leaving me lonely
It’s the wrong night to have bad dreams
Cause I know what it all means
As I’m dragged way down under
In the storm and the thunder

See I’m sailing on a pool of tears
And I’m waiting, counting down our broken years
See I’m sailing on a pool of tears
And I’m waiting, as the day disappears

See I’m sailing
And I’m waiting

See I’m sailing
And I’m waiting

Counting down my broken years

As the day disappears

Sailing on a pool of tears

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from Believe - Edition II (Studio Album), released October 27, 2017
Rebecca Downes - Vocal

Steve Birkett - Guitars

Rick Benton - Keyboards and Hammond

Dan Clark - Bass Guitar

Lloyd Daker - Drums

Produced by Mark V Stuart

Recorded at M2 Studios (www.madhat.co.uk)

Engineered by Mark V Stuart and Sheena Sear

Additional Programming by Mark V Stuart, Sheena Sear and Steve Birkett

Mixed and mastered by Sheena Sear and Mark V Stuart

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Rebecca Downes Birmingham, UK

Winner of Female Vocalist and Emerging Artist of the Year at the British Blues Awards 2016, and Female Blues Vocalist of the Year at the FORM UKBlues Awards 2018, Birmingham (UK)-based Rebecca is an independent artist creating original blues/rock music with her co-songwriter Steve Birkett and performing within a 5-piece band or as a duo with Steve. ... more

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