Northern Whale - Riding on an Island's Back

 

Two songs referencing England that take my mind wandering.
I confess to being a long-standing Anglophile.
The nation and its history evoke for me compassion and sympathy first...
Before the balancing side of the coin pops up to say, "Me too."
And it comes back around to melancholy, so I get these songs that could be about a place called Laraby instead.

Two videos, one studio/static with production values different to the live version with more concurrent emotion, seemingly. An opinion I feel it necessary to share this morning.
Silly putty. What a concept.

Another wave crashed over you
It put you in a spell
On a cold place you know well

It pulls you further out to sea
Under the lights at Tilbury
I still love your melody

In a tied end town
Everyone hallucinating on you
But a northern whale wouldn't leave you
Until all England's tears are done
And the day comes, we move on endlessly

They only hear you in a dream
Lying by a sad machine
Sing on, love your melody

In a tied end town
Everyone hallucinating with you
But a northern whale wouldn't leave you
Until all our tears are done
And the day comes, we move on endlessly