Track 1 of the EP Cloud Chorus · 2011
Red-Eye Over the Dark Ocean
by Odalys Fern
“The first loop I ever kept: a cabin full of sleepers and my own voice humming under the engines. It felt right to open with a lullaby.”
dream pop · choral dream pop · bedroom pop · 4:50
Lyrics
Cabin lights are low and blue Engines hum a lullaby Window shade pulled halfway down Nothing out there but the sky A stranger sleeps against the glass A blanket folded in my lap Somewhere under all this dark The ocean keeps its own slow map Red-eye over the dark ocean Hold me in the hum Every clock has lost its meaning Morning's still to come Half a world behind me Half a world ahead Float a little longer Until the sky turns red Tiny screen above the aisle Shows a small plane crossing blue Little line of who I was Little line of who I'm moving to I don't know what hour it is At home or where I'm going to So I'll just say good night to both And let the dark carry me through Red-eye over the dark ocean Hold me in the hum Every clock has lost its meaning Morning's still to come Half a world behind me Half a world ahead Float a little longer Until the sky turns red Hush now, hush now Stars below the wing Nobody is waiting For me to be anything Just a breath, a heartbeat Somewhere in between Soft as a cloud at midnight Soft as a dream Red-eye over the dark ocean Hold me in the hum Every clock has lost its meaning Morning's still to come Half a world behind me Half a world ahead Float a little longer Until the sky turns red Float a little longer Until the sky turns red