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Title: (17) Dream of the Drowned Submariner (4:57)
Post by: shangri la 1 on March 11, 2015, 06:22:48 AM
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Dream of the Drowned Submariner (Mark Knopfler)

LYRICS
We run along easy at periscope depth
Sun dappling through clear water
So went the dream of the drowned submariner
Far away from the slaughter
Your hair is a strawflower that sings in the sun
My darling, my beautiful daughter
So went the dream of the drowned submariner
Cast away on the water
From down in the vault, down in the grave
Reaching up to the light on the waves
So she did run to him over the grass
She fell in his arms and he caught her
So went the dream of the drowned submariner
Far away on the water
Far away on the water
Title: Re: (17) Dream of the Drowned Submariner (4:57)
Post by: Robson on September 02, 2021, 12:06:37 AM
I wonder if Mark thought about crash submarine Kursk when he wrote this song.
Title: Re: (17) Dream of the Drowned Submariner (4:57)
Post by: Knopflerfan on September 02, 2021, 01:50:31 AM
Quote from: Robson on September 02, 2021, 12:06:37 AM
I wonder if Mark thought about crash submarine Kursk when he wrote this song.

Possible...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_submarine_disaster
Title: Re: (17) Dream of the Drowned Submariner (4:57)
Post by: qjamesfloyd on September 02, 2021, 10:02:57 AM
I have been thinking about this song while watching the brilliant new BBC TV show Vigil.
Title: Re: (17) Dream of the Drowned Submariner (4:57)
Post by: Robson on September 02, 2021, 11:47:41 AM
Me too. Yesterday I watched Kursk movie (2018)
Title: Re: (17) Dream of the Drowned Submariner (4:57)
Post by: Knopflerfan on September 02, 2021, 05:36:33 PM
Quote from: qjamesfloyd on September 02, 2021, 10:02:57 AM
I have been thinking about this song while watching the brilliant new BBC TV show Vigil.

Oooh Suranne Jones!!!!!!
Title: Re: (17) Dream of the Drowned Submariner (4:57)
Post by: Knopflerfan on September 02, 2021, 05:52:14 PM
I personally think of my dear Grandfather who was a Submariner during WW1. He was aged 18 based at Victory (Portsmouth) and was a Stoker aboard one of the submarines based there. He was invalided due to stepping onto a 'hot' plate causing his feet to 'curl'...He was sent to Haslar hospital to recover. I have all his paperwork and medals still...
Title: Re: (17) Dream of the Drowned Submariner (4:57)
Post by: qjamesfloyd on September 02, 2021, 06:03:21 PM
Quote from: Knopflerfan on September 02, 2021, 05:36:33 PM
Quote from: qjamesfloyd on September 02, 2021, 10:02:57 AM
I have been thinking about this song while watching the brilliant new BBC TV show Vigil.

Oooh Suranne Jones!!!!!!

 :)