Originally by Tim Buckley, Wolf Alice covered this song for a Spotify Singles session in 2017, along with a live version of their single Don’t Delete the Kisses.
Long afloat on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving to your isle
And you sang
"Sail to me
Sail to me
Let me enfold you"
Here I am
Here I am
Waiting to hold you
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks
For you sing
"Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow
Oh, my heart, oh, my heart shies from the sorrow"
I'm as puzzled as, as the oyster
I'm as troubled as the tide
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing, "Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you
Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you"
Song to the Siren (Spotify Singles) was written by Larry Beckett & Tim Buckley.
Wolf Alice released Song to the Siren (Spotify Singles) on Wed Nov 15 2017.