Mermaid mermaid, mermaid mermaid Mermaid mermaid, it's the calling's calling I found myself so early by the tension of the sea My dog walked with me, his leash around my sleeve She was eating something, the waves were hard to draw Some ancient perfume permeates the shore The mermaids rose up from the sea And presented their smiles across to me I was beckoned here to drown Wrapped in hues and fragmentary blues Nothing moved me till the tide Trapped inside the fire of open eyes I've left behind all my precious things Superficial wives and push-present rings Pearls overflowed in dreams Their tails allow the sunlight beams Mermaid mermaid, mermaid mermaid Mermaid mermaid, it's the calling's calling I sank beneath the searchlights through the ocean floor Luci chased the seahorse they lassoed her by her paws They played xylophones on a million sailors bones Like Odysseus, his sirens, pulled me down with heavy stones Salt water scarred my eyes and turned them grey My hair across the seaweed fell away I was beckoned here to drown Wrapped in hues and fragmentary blues Nothing moved me till the tide Trapped inside the fire of open eyes I've left behind all my precious things Superficial wives and push-present rings Pearls overflowed in dreams Their tails allow the sunlight beams I was beckoned here to drown Wrapped in hues and fragmentary blues Nothing moved me till the tide Trapped inside the fire of open eyes I've left behind all my precious things Superficial wives and push-present rings Pearls overflowed in dreams Their tails allow the sunlight beams