Last Call (Dessa & Cecil Otter)

[Dessa & Cecil Otter] Just another story of the sea, see? Trying hard to drown on dry land That way, they say, is easy But when day breaks, awake on the sand [Hook: Dessa] Like a fish out of water that's Pumping music through her gills Like a fish out of water [Dessa] There's blood in the water, money on the table The pool sharks take the bait Hook, line, sinks her eight ball on the break [Cecil Otter] She's got that porcelain drunk doll face And a taste for the girls Just won a cup of confidence, kept confidential So remember to keep on coming Up and up she's rushing orders In order to crush the torture that weighs her down She's cut off and off she goes to cut the corner Voice is taken down Loud with lust and trust issues But she's bound to bust into a crush with you Must have been through a thousand loves That love to move, they love to move alone She loved the story when it started But the ocean was the author [Dessa & Cecil] And the end came as a cold shock To a pocket full of rocks, to a mouth full of water [Dessa] Pumping music through her gills She fell asleep with a pen in her hair Woke with ink in the sheets Fell asleep with a name in her mouth Woke with an ache in her teeth Both soles of her feet still wet Third time this week she's been to drown in drink (Drowning in) She was baptized in bourbon She capsized for certain Took a pull off the bottle Wrote a note in her careful cursive And let go Of a love letter written in ash and broken English [Cecil] "It’s better to let a message alone" [Dessa] They say everything floats but it don't Bottle broke and we sink like stones [Cecil] Angel falling starboard into the drink Last call comes quicker than she thinks [Dessa] The water weighted her wings Feathers like anchors and she... Let go, of a ghost and a bird They float so close to the surface She knows [Cecil] Better than betting that heaven is sending a lifeboat now [Dessa] There's no use charting courses The current forces where the small ships go And it's always the same fortune Pulling petals off the compass rose [Cecil] She was cut off off the cuff Came down down enough Couldn't amount to much Wasn't allowed to love [Dessa & Cecil] The water weighted her wings Fathoms pass by in a blink [Hook] [Dessa & Cecil] Don't touch or you'll ruin the reef Catch just what you're willing to keep [Hook] [Dessa & Cecil] Don't touch or you'll ruin the reef Catch just what you're willing to keep [Hook]