Nautical Disaster by The Tragically Hip

I had this (1)__________ (2)__________ I relished
The fray and the screaming that filled my head all day
It was as though I'd been spit there, settled 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 water here
Five hundred more were thrashing madly as (3)__________________ might in you blood
Now I was in (4)________________ designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything (5)________ systematic would get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a test nor a (6)________ of something fated.
The selection was quick, the crew was picked and
those (7)________ in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we (8)____________ for home.

Then the (9)__________ ends when the phone rings
You doing alright he said it's out there ,most days and nights
But only a (10)________ would complain
Anyway Susan if you like our conversation is as faint as the sound in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the hull

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