Current 93 - Black ships ate the sky

^AbI had already seen ^AbBlack Ships ate the sky ^AbI was sweet sixteen ^AbThe fences folded ^AbAnd the trees surrounded ^AbBlack Ships in the sky ^AbDevouring the clouds ^AbAnd the thought came to me ^AbJust sweet sixteen and full of night ^AbWho will deliver me from myself? ^AbWho will deliver me from myself? ^AbAnd I looked up at the sleeping lion ^AbBlack Ships ate the sky ^AbColours untold ^AbKissing my eyes ^AbTo unmake myself ^AbAnd to be unborn ^AbTo be unborn ^AbAnd not to see ^AbBlack Ships in the sky ^AbWith their cypress night ^AbFollowing in the wake ^AbOf the churning rudders ^AbOf Black Ships in the sky ^AbCartoon Messiahs became ^AbCartoon Destroyers ^AbIf I was unborn ^AbI would have nothing to be grateful for ^AbI would have never seen love ^AbI would have never held cats ^AbI would have never buried my friends ^AbAnd prayed for their souls ^AbIn reddening churches ^AbI would never have kissed ^AbAnd I would never have wept ^AbAnd I would never have seen ^AbBlack Ships eat the sky ^AbAnd I would have been unborn ^AbAnd not have seen circuses ^AbWhilst watching the flowers ^AbRise flags made of atoms ^AbWho will deliver me from myself? ^AbWho will deliver me from myself? ^AbWho will deliver me ^AbFrom Black Ships in the sky? ^AbBlack Ships ate the sky ^AbAnd I am unborn