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Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had this dream where I relished
The fray and the screaming that filled my head all day
It was as though I'd been spit there, settled in , (1)________ a pocket
Of a (2)____________________ off some rocky socket,
Off the coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, four thousand men died in the water here
Five (3)______________ more (4)________ thrashing madly as parasites might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat (5)________________ for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic would get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The (6)__________________ was quick, the crew was picked and
those (7)________ in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home.

Then the dream ends when the (8)__________ rings
You doing alright he said it's out there ,most days and nights
But only a fool would complain
Anyway Susan if you like our (9)________________________ is as faint as the sound in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the (10)________
Answers:
(1) into(2) lighthouse(3) hundred(4) were(5) designed(6) selection(7) left(8) phone(9) conversation(10) hull