David Gray - From Here I Can Almost See The Sea lyrics

Come the weekend We'll be long gone, baby Just like the old days Letting the world flow through me Just a parasite in the line I'm smoking, k**ing the time I lost a piece of twine What use is sympathy? From here you can almost see the sea If you would hold still Make a clean incision And we can sit back and watch the demolition Little puppy dog in a box Somebody's picking the locks It's wandered down from the socks Here comes the cavalry From here you can almost see the sea Just another fool in the line Just a parasite in the line I dream of high clouds Flush with the light of daybreak I'm gonna dive in To waters so cold it makes your bones ache Fingers, knees, and knuckles scraped Our love a rubbish heap The piece of cardboard taped up where the bedroom windowpane used to be From here you can almost see the sea. Just another fool in the line Just a parasite in the line I saw a film once Where all the air holes froze up A k**er whale swam