KT Tunstall Shanty of the Whale song lyrics

There's a jar of salt water, sits behind my eyes.

If I tip to far over, you'll see it's no lie

It's been there as long as I remember myself

and trickles a little, when I'm by myself

I wove a great story, to tell all who'd hear

Of murder and theft, and a message so clear

If for all of the glory, your heart is the cost

That jar of salt water, will be shattered and lost

But a foul wind was blowing, so mean and so still

Stirring the fate, to make real of my tale

And I like a boat, on a langourous sea

Was blind to the dangers, that hankered for me

The killer, he hooked me, and reeled me in

I looked in his eyes and saw nothing within

As soon as I saw him, I knew I would die

Two moonless black oceans, in sockets bone dry

My bones for the doorframe, my skull for the wall

A loft on a placard, on a prominent wall

My skin for a blanket, to scare winds so wild

My heart on the table, my teeth for the child

But what if the water, salt secrets I held

Unkindly discovered, as here I tell

I see through the walls, so I'll sing it myself

My salt water sits, in a jar on the shelf