Closer Away

Afternoon moonrise. Long light. Low sun Shingle hush. Slow dusk. Ruination The foreshore is moving, as if it were alive Ebb tide grades shingle. Finer then fine Wave by wave, we move away The king's in his cradle, the bomb's in its bay The foreshore is moving because it is alive Stand for the anthem hear the siren cry Wave by wave, we move away Closer away Wave by wave we’re closer away It was all sea once It was all sea once It was all sea once It was all sea once It was all sea once, in a long unbroken line It was all sea once, in a long unbroken line It was all sea once, in a long unbroken line It was all sea once, in a long unbroken line It was all sea once, in a long unbroken line It was all sea once, in a long unbroken line It was all sea once, in a long unbroken line It was all sea once, in a long unbroken line It was all sea once, in a long unbroken line