Emma Pollock - Hug The Harbour lyrics

We should have hugged the harbour Avoiding all disaster Horizon gone from view The lights were friends to you And all the people who are dear to you Are sitting right behind and trusting you My trust lies in your precision Let us leave this indecision You should have hugged the harbour Avoiding all disaster Horizon gone from view The lights were friends to you A fundamental lack of understanding Will quickly lead you to a fatal landing You do not know your up from down you see Your inner ear a liability And all the people who are dear to you Are sitting right behind and trusting you My trust lies in your precision Let us leave this indecision So with this point of view I pick a bone with you I take a firm hand A pointless reprimand A fundamental lack of understanding Will quickly lead you to a fatal landing When the darkness met you Your usual knowing left you You're just not qualified To choose the night to fly You do not know your up from down you see Your inner ear a liability I met a man and he said this to me "It's only with the heart that we can see" But I confess I have to disagree I'll put my faith in physicality If you wish to still romanticize I give my word I will not criticize But I will draw the line when in the skies Let's leave the indecision The tired cynicism My trust is in precision When off the ground Oh, will you hug the harbour? Don't make it any harder A case of mind and matter Just leave the heart to barter A fundamental lack of understanding Will quickly lead you to a fatal landing There is knowing why you thought you could Contend in such an eagle altitude With such a violent force you came to rest A fatal failure to a final test My trust lies in your precision