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This Is the Sea
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This Is the Sea was released on September 22, 1998 by Chrysalis Records as a part of the album The Whole of the Moon: The Music of Mike Scott & the Waterboys
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Waterboys
The Waterboys
Performer
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Vocals
Roddy Lorimer
Roddy Lorimer
Band
Anthony Thistlethwaite
Anthony Thistlethwaite
Band
Karl Wallinger
Karl Wallinger
Piano
Marek Lipski
Marek Lipski
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Producer
MICK GLOSSOP
MICK GLOSSOP
Producer

Lyrics

These things you keep
You better throw 'em all away
You wanna turn your back
On your soulless days
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
That was the river
This is the sea
And now if you're feeling weary
If you've been alone too long
Or maybe you've been suffering from
A few too many plans that have gone wrong
And you're trying to remember
How fine your life used to be
Running around, banging your drum like it's 1973
Well, that was the river
This is the sea, whoa
Now you say you've got trouble
You say you've got pain
You say you've got nothing left to believe in
Nothing to hold on to, nothing to trust, nothing but chains
You've been scouring your conscience
Raking through your memory
Scouring your conscience
Raking through your memory
But that was the river
This is the sea, yeah, whoa
Now I can see you wavering
As you try to decide
You've got a war in your head
And it's tearing you up inside
You're trying to make sense
Of something that you just don't see
Trying to make sense now
And you know you once held the key
But that was the river
But this is the sea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now I hear there's a train
It's coming on down the line
It's yours if you hurry
You've got still enough time
And you don't need no ticket
And you don't pay no fee
Now you don't need no ticket
You don't pay no fee
Because that was the river
And this is the sea
That was the river
This is the sea
And that was the river
This is the sea
And that was the river, river, river, river, river, river, river
And this is the sea
Sea, mm
Sea, yeah
Behold the sea
Written by: Mike Scott
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