"The Sea Holds The Memory" lyrics

The sky's a big blue blanket round the sun
Holding satellites and space junk by the ton
And I heard they built a hotel on the moon
So the tourists get a longer afternoon

Was a time
Was a place
We'd go swimming at the Forty Foot
And life was good

I just wanted to say I'm sorry
I've tried to forget the many ways
I've let you down
But the sea holds the memory
And tonight, oh tonight
I can feel it rolling over me

The story's heading south
The wild birds fly
But I'm this boy, that boy
Forty storeys high
Come and take us to the water
We'll go swimming at the Forty Foot
Where life is good

I just wanted to say I'm sorry
I've tried to forget the many ways
I've let you down
But the sea holds the memory
And tonight, oh tonight
I can feel it rolling over me

I tried to throw my arms
Around the world
All at once into the future
I was hurled
And now we sprinkle stars like sawdust
On an empty bar room floor
It's hard to find the door

I just wanted to say I'm sorry
I've tried to forget the many ways
I've let you down
But the sea holds the memory
Where the little fishy sleeps
Dreaming of how we lived it up
All on the cheap
The sea holds the memory

Tonight, oh tonight
I can feel it rolling over me

The sea holds the memory