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An Apology to the Sea
01:55
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Distant
04:01
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I watch the land grow distant
Like everything that came before
The tide takes me further
From shore, once more
But this time it's my body
No boat to carry me
Just flesh and bone, swept overboard
Against the sea
Thousands of voyages past
The lengths of net we pulled onto the deck
Years of secret shame
The guilt was there but we had to make our way
Chorus:
And I want to throw myself into the waves
Release my arms, sink to the depths
And let the ocean take my name
How can I live
Knowing I was the cause of so much pain?
What the ocean gives
She can and will reclaim!
Stripped of scales and dignity
Not even eels were safe
Everything caught in our drags
Died in our wake
By-catch thrown to gulls
There were whales who could not come up for air
I slit so many throats
Or poured them out and left them gasping there
Chorus
I close my eyes
To the darkening sky
It's time, it's time
Just then a soft shape
Against my weary feet
A seal has come
To rescue me!
Chorus
I'm on the sand
Somehow forgiven
For these bloody hands
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4. |
Goodbye, Leviathon
02:18
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We rowed with our oars
We fished with our hands
Caught the riches of the deep
And hauled them on land
As time went on
Our nets were empty
We had to sail far
To get what we need
The call of London silver
Was just too great...
Chorus:
Goodbye, Leviathon!
Leave nothing for the devil!
Took what wasn't ours
With much larger fleets
Pushed out other people
Who'd been there for centuries
If we could do it again
We'd learn from our sins
But to take everything
Is industry's whim
Until it's all gone
Tired workers lose their jobs...
Chorus
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5. |
The End of the Ocean
03:38
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Birds fold into the sea
Next to a rocky beach
Do they realize their fate?
Or are they very much aware?
That there's less and less that's left
To bring back to their rat-infested nests
It wasn't always like this
There used to room for gulls
With rooks on caves and cliff-sides
Invaded and raided beyond control
Chorus:
Is this the end of the ocean?
Can we save what remains?
What have we done to the water?
Is this the end of everything?
Upon the bloody shoals
We take and take and take
The scarcer it becomes
The more money that we make
It wasn't always like this
Nature was free to behave its way
The ships they just got bigger
Spears, nets, hooks and oil devoured their prey
Chorus
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6. |
Is There Hope?
02:27
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If, perhaps, we find a way to save you
And on the way we figure out ourselves
The tides of change turn finally in your favour
We focus now on healing instead of hell
To realize the world is not for taking
Creatures, not commodities, themselves
Compassion, wisdom, courage will be our saviours
The strength to find a different way to live
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Otta Sotta British Columbia
Otta Sotta: The End of the Ocean? is an alt-rock odyssey based on the ocean conservation work of Farley Mowat and his 1980
book Sea of Slaughter.
The project aims to bring awareness to the negative impact humans continue to have on the ocean - and, hopefully, to inspire people to come together to save what’s left.
All proceeds go directly to Sea Shepherd, in memory of Ian Macdonald.
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