devil and the deep blue sea

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is it really over? she still can’t believe it
as she drives home to her lover
aflame for another
all she really wanted was someone to hold her
one to understand
the way it hurts when love grows colder
oh but then it feels so right
hot kisses in the middle of the night
and now it hurts so hard to see
she’s all caught up between
the devil and the deep blue sea

meanwhile back at home now
he is not alone now
she doesn’t have to say
he saw this coming anyway
doesn’t seem to matter
isn’t even angry at her
after all these years
of close-your-eyes-and-compromise
oh and though it hurts to know
love died long ago
he has a reason he won’t leave
he’s all torn up between
the devil and the deep blue sea

like the sailors in history
when their ships caught fire in the middle of the sea
there’s no hope to be found
now are you going to burn or are you going to drown
you’re between the devil and the deep blue sea

he lives far away now, says he’ll be okay now
says he always was a rover
he’s glad it’s over
eats off dirty plates now in the room he hates now
oh especially when he’s sober
sometimes he sends toys to a red-haired boy
“from the father you so rarely see
to the child growing up between
the devil and the deep blue sea“

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from paul rahmat batchelor, released June 22, 2013

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