Текст песни The Seabirds (The Triffids) с переводом

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!»

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 roof 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

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?

Where were you?

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