DARK SEAHORSE SHINE
©Trev Teasdel Coventry June 1972 / Nov 73
I’m still in darkness
I haven’t seen the light.
I’m still the lost one
With eyes unadjusted to the night.
When life unveils its sunshine
You will see
This Dark Seahorse Shine.
This Dark Seahorse Shine.
My tankard still stands empty
The vessel’s still pure and clean
My heart is still searching
for the light to pass through my screen.
When life unveils it’s sunshine
You’ll see
This Dark Seahorse Shine.
This Dark Seahorse Shine.
The depths of life’s dark ocean
is my abode
For love and light the surface is my goal.
When unripe life ripens, as a vine
You’re gonna see
This Dark Seahorse Shine.
This Dark Seahorse Shine.
The social insecurity bit off the hand that fed me
Told me I’m useless and lazy and hopeless,
They called me a parasite and all.
Well I tried for some jobs, to no avail
I feel like a criminal inside a jail.
So I’ll sing for my supper or starve on the street
I’ll sleep in the subway
curled in a heap.
Oh I feel like an east wind blown back by the west wind
and cornered by North and by South.
Oh I feel like an east wind blown back by the west wind
and cornered by North and by South.
But they will blow me so far
And I’ll pick up my guitar
and I will blow back oh so strong.
Because the more they repress me, the more they depress me
the stronger will be my fight.