The Selkie hid her skin

To hide a world within

The weeds would waive in time

The prequel cast a line

The salted rock stood still

To break the swell at will

To sing in seas of sound

'Til human voices wake us and we drown

You don't have to feel afraid (feel afraid)

When the war is lost, the boatman paid (the boatman paid)

You swore you'd leave, but still you stayed (still you stayed)

The stage was set, the bed was made (the bed was made)

Whoever told you love was free? (Love was free)

Freedom, the price to live with ease (to live with ease)

The play will play out without me (ah)

(Da-da-da-dum)

(Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum)

(Da-da-da-dum)

(Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum)

(Da-da-da-dum)

(Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum)

(Da-da-da-dum)

(Da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum)

When the understudy died

I took the role, I learnt the lines

But did you watch my final scene?

In humid rooms labyrinthine

Deceiving windows and false doors

Fake exits lead to dead end halls

So I cut down that holy bush that might have been a tree

And like a moth burnt by the flame

Like a moth burnt by the flame

Like a moth burnt by the flame

Like a moth burnt by the flame

The play will play out without me (da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum)

The play will play out without me (da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum)

The play will play out without me (da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum)

The play will play out without me (da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum, da-da-da-dum)