The Great Exchange

[verse] I crewed on a fair golden ship that Went down at the dawn of the world We mutinied and sentenced our captain to die 'Fore our sails had barely unfurled [verse] We sank shortly after our riot Wanton flame and our powder kegs met While I swam for my life there came voices aloft Joyful, unearthly and dread [Chorus] Singing of a violent Tireless mystery That one would give his life to Save his enemy [verse] Too bone-tired to keep my arms moving To swim or even grasp after straws The undertow drew me down into its cold And infinite indigo jaws [Chorus] I heard singing of a violent Tireless mystery That one would give his life to Save his enemy [verse] I thought I must be dead or dreaming When my captain, still battered, betrayed Pulled me up, laid me over the beam he'd clung to Breathed his last and sunk under the waves [tag] Your body is a bridge Across an endless sea Your body is a bridge Across an endless sea