Song To The Siren

Long afloat on shipless oceans

I did all my best to smile

Til your singing eyes and fingers

Drew me loving to your isle

And you sang, "Sail to me, sail to me -

Let me enfold you.

Here I am, here I am - waiting to hold you."

Did I dream you dreamed about me?

Were you hare when I was fox?

Now my foolish boat is leaning

Broken lovelorn on your rocks,

For you sing, "Touch me not, touch me not,

Come back tomorrow."

O my heart, o my heart shies from the sorrow

I'm as puzzled as the newborn child

I'm as riddled as the tide

Should I stand amid the breakers?

Or should I lie with death, my bride?

Hear me sing, "Swim to me, swim to me -

Let me enfold you.

Here I am, here I am - waiting to hold you."

• Artist:This Mortal Coil
• Album:It Will End Up in Tears (1984)