Interpret:

Cream

Album:

Disraeli Gears

You thought the leaden winter 
would bring you down forever,
But you rode upon a steamer 
to the violence of the sun.


And the colors of the sea 
blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
And you touch the distant beaches 
with tales of brave Ulysses:


How his naked ears were tortured 
by the sirens sweetly singing,
For the sparkling waves are calling you 
to kiss their white laced lips.


And you see a girl's brown body 
dancing through the turquoise,
And her footprints make you follow 
where the sky loves the sea.


And when your fingers find her, 
she drowns you in her body,
Carving deep blue ripples 
in the tissues of your mind.


The tiny purple fishes 
run laughing through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you 
to the hard land of the winter.


Her name is Aphrodite 
and she rides a crimson shell,
And you know you cannot leave her 
for you touched the distant sands


With tales of brave Ulysses; 
how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing.
Yeah


The tiny purple fishes 
run lauging through your fingers,
And you want to take her with you 
to the hard land of the winter.