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Sinking

from 1971 by Blake

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Words and music by Julian Pugsley

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Sinking

As there's no time for a long goodbye
For you I wrote this song...

And in the morning
You’ll pack your bags and you will leave
You’ll leave me mourning
Something I still can’t quite believe
I hear you sleeping
The sounds you make fill up the room
Maybe you’re dreaming
Of times that ended way too soon

We were unsinkable
But the baggage weighed us down
It’s just unthinkable
That we will never make it to dry ground

Sinking, sinking
Lost without a trace
Sinking, sinking
Nothing could ever take your place
I’m sinking in the deep blue

I hear you stirring
I’ll very soon be set adrift
My head is whirling
The waters rising through the rift
Your lifeboat’s leaving
I see your face begin to frown
No point believing
That we’re not really going down

You’ll leave me drowning here
To a lost hope clinging on
You’ve made it very clear
That you were not at fault for what went wrong

Sinking, sinking
Lost without a trace
Sinking, sinking
Nothing could ever take your place
I’m sinking in the deep blue

A thousand leagues beneath the surface of the sea
Here lies the wreckage of the good ship you and me

Sinking, sinking
Lost without a trace
Sinking, sinking
Nothing could ever take your place
I’m sinking in the deep blue
Without you

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from 1971, released June 1, 2020
Blake - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, programming
Joe Brown - backing vocals, electric guitar

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UK 60s-tinged/ lo-fi /indie pop
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