William Hope Hodgson had warned me of a woman
Menaced by rats aboard a sinking ship
So that night we set out, to find her anywhere
After the terror of the water tank
William had once chained up Houdini
And the pair of them both weathered good punches
Moskowitz had said that he’d be the friend to help to save her
But the clock was ticking
We teamed up with Jemima Shore
A plucky young girl, who could solve a black and bloody business
Now the Thames TV logo showed a scene of night…
We knew the game was afoot
Big D was come, through the evening sun
As we made our journey…. Red Sails in the sunset
We had last met in a Moscow shed
Where his feline servant nearly took my head
This time his niece, as a Cockatrice
Fought me through foam, wherever we did roam
I could now hear the girl that we believed was near
As I battled the fiend
Jem and I saw her, with no food left over
I took her wrist, as we started the ship
William ran away to the Navy
Now I need advice with my own haunted mirror
If you steel yourself, to ride your bike down a steep hill
You’ll win applause and ales
Nigel Kneale, he was scornful of radio men
Then a rocket hit a home in suburbia
After creating such a good metaphor for himself
He was kind not to say, ”I told you so”
Grizzly Bear’s classic debut gets a 15th anniversary vinyl reissue, with a digital companion featuring a bevy of remixes. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 12, 2020