From the recording Miss Scarlett and the Madmen: Dark Love Songs
Lyrics
Splinters of You
The ship of my dreams is lost now
The main sail’s ripped and shredded
The compass has gone haywire
I can’t tell where I’m headed
The rocks, they took the rudder
And I’m floating aimlessly
And the figurehead’s smashed by a cannonball blast
But she’s drifting in splinters on the sea
The sun is somewhere out there
Casting a cloudy glow
But the galley slaves are oblivious
Asleep in the keep down below
While the cabin boy reads Lord Byron
The sirens get the rest of the crew
And the captain collects
Driftwood statuettes
That are all just splinters of you
Splinters of you
Aahhh
Splinters of you
Only splinters
The ship of my dreams is lost now
But it’s not a total wreck
The captain’s gone mad
But it’s not so bad
There ’s always a party on deck
The fun never ends
I got lots of friends
And lovers I’ve had a few
That’s a hell of a life
And I love all I got
But it’s all just splinters of you
Splinters of you
Aahhh
Splinters of you
Only splinters
All only splinters of you