Mermaid Lyrics

[twilightmermaid]

I really like Jonatha Brooke. Her song Prodigal Daughter is one of my new favorites. However, the lyrics to this song are so evocative. It really makes me think of the past and the future. I'd like to be able to do what I love for a living again or at least something close. The reference to the legs being needles and pins refers to the original tale of the Little Mermaid. When she leaves the sea and is given legs, the legs are painful and every step is like "walking on shards of glass". I unfortunately I understand the whole concept all too well.

Mermaid by Jonatha Brooke

I know you'll do it
Do it for this
One day you'll think he's the one.
You'll follow him over oceans
He'll promise you the world

He will parade you around the seas
He'll murmur his affections, his devotion
He will convince you to leave the deep
He'll promise you the world

If you do it anyway,
Why would you do it for love
If you do it anyway,
Why would you do it for love
If you do it anyway,
Why would you do it for love
Do it for
Love

You will ride the ocean
Nobody's given you
You will ride the ocean
Nobody's given you

Your legs fell the first to needles and pins
And then your voice mmmm
You promised him you'd come back forever
He promised you the world

If you do it anyway,
Why would you do it for love
If you do it anyway,
Why would you do it for love
If you do it anyway,
Why would you do it for love
If you do it anyway,
Would you do it for love
Do it for
Love