From the recording Civil War II
Anna: vocals, piano, keyboards
Charlie Dresser: drums, percussion
Sean Barrett: bass
Andrew De Lucia: guitar
Lyrics
A civil war is burning the ocean
Between our shores while we’re circling the notion
The greater good is so hard and confusing
But the golden rule we’re hardly using
I don’t know what we’re headed for
Through a canopy of night
I’ve still got my nerve to carry me
If you still keep the fire bright
So where’s the use in all our clever inventions
if goodwill sits on the edge of extinction
The captain speaks, says they’ll shoot the deserters
But if the vessel sinks, they wouldn’t have heard us
I don’t know what we’re headed for
Through a canopy of night
I’ve still got my nerve to carry me
If you still keep the fire bright
Turning it over and over again
Talking it over and over again
I don’t know what we’re headed for
Through a canopy of night
I’ve still got my nerve to carry me
If you still keep the fire bright
I think that you are some kind of genius
So talk me through the ocean between us