About this song
The sea lies flat, but the strait grows wider with every offering it consumes. When silver and bone fail to appease the tyrant, the crew must hand themselves to the tide, one by one.
Lyrics
[Verse 1] No wind stands in the Gyre Strait (no wind at all) The sea lies flat as a dinner plate It ate the shore where the tavern stood (ate it whole) And the strait's a mile wider than it was (than it was) [Hook] Six went out and five came home Give it silver, give it bone It eats the gift and the man And the Gyre grows wide again [Verse 2] We gave it the grain and the salt (down it goes) Then the goat with her legs tied Then the ring off the captain's hand And it swallowed the pier where we tied (not a word) [Hook] Six went out and five came home Give it silver, give it bone It eats the gift and the man And the Gyre grows wide again [Verse 3] We cut the straws down in the dark (cut them short) Short straw goes over the side Hoyrik said we're all tribute here So we hand ourselves to the tide [Hook] Six went out and five came home Give it silver, give it bone It eats the gift and the man And the Gyre grows wide again [Tag] It eats the gift and the man And the Gyre grows wide again
