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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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from Otta Sotta: The End of the Ocean?, released December 11, 2019
©Laura Kelsey 2019

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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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