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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, (1)______________ in , into a pocket
Of a lighthouse off some rocky socket,
Off the coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, four thousand men died in the (2)__________ here
Five hundred more (3)________ thrashing (4)__________ as parasites might in you blood
Now I was in lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic would get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a (5)________ nor a love of something fated.
The (6)__________________ was quick, the crew was picked and
those left in the water got (7)____________ off our pant leg and we headed for home.

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