John Cale - Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed lyrics

Lie still, sleep becalmed
Sufferer with the wound in the throat
Burning and turning all night afloat
On the silent sea we have heard the sound
That came from the wound wrapped
In the salt sheet

Under the mile off moon we trembled listening
To the sea sound flowing like
Blood from the loud wound
And when the salt sheet broke
In a storm of singing
The voices of all the drowned
Swam on the wind

Open a pathway through the slow sad sail
Throw wide to the wind the
Gates of the wandering boat
For my voyage to begin to the end of my wound
We heard the sea sound sing
We saw the salt sheet tell
Lie still, sleep becalmed
Hide the mouth in the throat
Or we shall obey
And ride with you through the drowned