“The Bay” is a song about the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, in which 23 illegal Chinese migrant workers, tasked with picking cockles from the shore, tragically drowned after the tide swept in and surrounded them within minutes. 21 of the 23 bodies were found, but it’s the unknown two that Re...
[Verse 1]
I'm just a drop in the ocean
A tiny grain of sand
I'm tryna' run for the shore line
But we're miles away from land
Just lay me down beside you
There's nowhere left to go
Down beneath the waves, love
We'll move so soft and slow (soft and slow)
[Verse 2]
Hold on to each other, tight
Waiting for dawn's early light
Stranded, petrified
Waiting for the end
Down by the beach side
Where death greets you
Like a long lost friend
[Chorus]
Here comes the tide
Wait for a lifeline
Place your fingers in mine
Wait for a lifetime, again
[Bridge]
Help me find a way
Back to the start again
Never stray too far from you
There is no help left to send
And if I go, does the world keeps spinning without me?
If it does, then I don't want to know
And as time slows, just give me to the ocean
Still my heart says so
[Bridge]
Still my heart says so
Still my heart says so
[Chorus]
Here comes the tide
Wait for a lifeline
Place your fingers in mine
Wait for a lifetime
[Outro]
Here comes the tide
Wait for a lifeline
Again
The Bay was written by Stereo Honey.
The Bay was produced by Charlie Russell.
Stereo Honey released The Bay on Fri Dec 01 2017.