The Seabirds Lyrics - The Triffids

No foreign pair of dark sunglasses 

will ever shield you from the light 

that pierces your eyelids, the screaming 

of the gulls / Feeding off the bodies 

of the fish, thrashing up the bay till it was 

red, turning the sky a cold dark colour 

as they circled overhead. 

He swam out to the edge of the reef, 

there were cuts across his skin, 

saltwater on his eyes and arms, but 

he could not feel the sting / There was 

no one left to hold him back, no one 

to call out his name, dress him feed 

him drive him home, say 'Little boy 

it doesn't have to end this way!' 

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He announced their trial separation, and 

spent the night in a Park Beach Motel 

bed, a total stranger lying next to him, 

rain hitting the root hard over his head / 

She said 'What's the matter now lover 

boy, has the cat run off with your 

tongue? Are you drinking to get 

maudlin, or drinking to get numb?' 

He called out to the seabirds 'Take me 

now, I'm no longer afraid to die', but 

they pretended not to hear him, and just 

watched him with their hard and bright 

black eyes / 

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They could pick the eye 

from any dying thing that lay within 

their reach, but they would not touch 

the solitary figure lying tossed up 

on the beach. 

So, where were you?