Prevailing Winds

Prevailing Winds

A grand ship slips into a shroud-like shower
The silver queen in a ghostly hour
The story was simple
Ending not so clean
You were a movie; I was just a magazine

Perpetual motion
Perpetual slip and slide
Felonious notion
Backstreet compromise
Under fire we lost the prize
Prevailing winds and winter tides


The boat goes down in the early hours
The bridegroom waits with the bridal flowers
Down and dirty
Lean and mean
You were a movie: I was just a magazine

Ubiquitous clamor
Ubiquitous suicide
Thelonius hammers
Piano moans and sighs
Under fire we lost the prize
Prevailing winds and winter tides