top of page
There is No Ship
Written by Rose Betts
LYRICS
CHORUS
There is no ship
That can bear me hence
I'm bound to these shores
I'll be bound 'till the end
For my tears fill the rain
And my blood fills the dark
Oh and there is no ship
That can carry my heart
VERSE 1
I'm built out of dew drops
And bramble and briar
I sing with the blackbird
And dance with the fire
My hands hold the secret
The acorn can't tell
My body the hillside
That echoes the bell, and
CHORUS
VERSE 2
This land is my bloodline
My breakfast my bed
I've slept in her arms
While she breathed on my head
She's caught in my voice
And she colours my view
She gave me the road
Then she gave me to you, and
CHORUS x 2
bottom of page
