Silver Ships on the Sea, by Pok the Bard.
Album: Anthology

SILVER SHIPS ON THE SEA
Winter's call is calling
Through the leaves
You can hear the rustling sounds saying
Free me please
Said the seventh angel standing
Amid the trees
Say please come taste my simple wines
Please come to your rest

All along the stone strewn causeway
Serpents coil and hiss
Beckoning and whispering
Bowing for the kiss

See me and free me
Do which is best
Be me and free me
Do which is best
And there's a hundred thousand elves
Waiting in their boats of sunlight
Waitng and waiting for the rite
For the rite

Spring times are come again
And we are but men
Speaking and seeking
Beginning again
And you who stand on the border
Waiving goodbye
You wouldn't listen to their words
You recognised the lie

Come down to the sea
At dawn with me
Our boat is a bobbing and a rocking on the waves
How is it you look at me, is it how I you?
Are we agreed on our journeys being long due?
Being long due

And so the end
Was only the beginning
I rose to catch the sun
But found it missing
Loneliness oh loneliness
My only guide
A boat a-bobbing
Way out on the tide
Way out on the tide

Music and lyrics by Simon Miller.
Copyright ℗ 1984 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.

This arrangement by Pok and Maxx Damage.

Performers:
Pok the Bard: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, drums, percussion, descant recorder, rainstick
Maxx Damage: bass guitars, cello, synthesizer

The sound of the sea eventually came from here.
freesound.org/s/339517/

Recorded and engineeered at Wud Records Studio One, Exeter, 2015-17.
Recorded and engineeered at Wud Records Studio One, Europe, 2017-20.
Mixed and mastered at Wud Records Studio One, Europe, 2020.
Remixed and remastered at Wud Records Studio One, Europe, 2025.

Copyright © 2025 Wud Records.

Fun Facts:
* Silver Ships on the Sea was composed by Pok in the summer of 1984.
* It is a wonderful whimsical wistful tale with a drop-D in the guitar - 'Drower tuning'.
* We all loved this extraordinary song from the very first hearing and are very happy to be able to finally release this version.
* We feel it is both authentic to the original, as well as capturing the full spectrum of sounds as imagined and conceived back in the 80s.
* We invite the listener to feel the closeness of the festival crowd, and sense the dry ice and lighting on stage as the performers writhe and invoke under the moon.
* What started out as a pretty little acoustic number about the Elves leaving Middle Earth turned into the most uncompromisingly relentless piece of hardcore psychedlia one could possibly imagine.
* We had two attempts at recording the sea at Jacob's Ladder beach in Sidmouth, but sadly both were thwarted.
* Firstly by strong winds which rendered the recordings horrible.
* The second visit was thwarted by somebody's wretched dog, which barked and barked and barked for the entire time that we were there.
* It was unbelievable.
* It's probably still barking now.
* Eventually we downloaded somebody else's recording of the sea.
* It was a shame but it did the job.
* We had always imagined the flotilla of silvery elven boats waiting at the water's edge at Jacob's Ladder beach.
* Originally the acoustic guitars were played on a borrowed Ovation-style instrument, but due to technical reasons we had to re-record them all.
* The re-recorded acoustic guitar was performed by Pok on his Tanglewood, and there is some video footage of the recording which we hope to publish someday.

See also:
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/
https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/pok/anthology/
https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/track/silver-ships-on-the-sea
https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/pok-bard/anthology/silver-ships-on-the-sea
https://www.youtube.com/@poktv6148/videos
https://www.facebook.com/pokthebard
http://pookofpok.blogspot.com/
https://linktr.ee/pokthebard

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Silver Ships on the Sea

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A Woman With a Sword - Queen Of Swords Lyrics:

(Verse 1)
My mother before me was a woman of swords,
same for her mother before and my daughter (swords)
We are the woman of swords
Our network is vast and we have fought together on every shore
For thousands of years trained in the ways of the warrior and were never sore

(Verse 2)
My sisters are a sharp horde, a collective of heroes that are all women and sword
Bounty Hunters, Monster Slayers, and Adventurers, we hunt down lore
We have vanquished countless demons, our willpower is our forge
Powerful loot, planes, and dungeons to explore
Armor plates protect sister, mother, daughter, and I from mammoth boars
We work together and push forward, cutting down evil together with our swords
(Women with swords)
When our mortal bodies fall our spirits soar, I feel the weight of victory and it's a harmonious chord
I trust her just as much as my myriad of sisters, she takes the shape of a sword
My Sword
Queen of Swords
Queen of Swords
(My heart is sharp and she roars)

(Chorus)
I have cut down Chimera, Zombies, and Serpents of Yore
My sisters ride on horseback to defend me, and my soul pours (Queen of Swords)
We have evaded dungeon traps and discovered hidden doors
We packed light to conquer the behemoth Boss on the final floor
Our party is the queen of swords (Queen of Swords!)
(I love Swinging my Damn Claymore)
Queen of Swords!
(I made this song with my sword)

(Verse 3)
I have the thrill of battle, when I rescue the innocent I hunt for more
There are many quests to collect, yet I wish for more
I know the lands like my hands, even the haunted forest
Together we protect the city walls and lands from monsters that stalk or soar
I listen to my sisters guidance, we patrol and explore
Common people write legends about us or make songs of our lore
We’re heroes in our core, titans to demons who try to ignore
We’re decked out in suits of armor, each unique and with stories
All other weapons be damn, my arsenal only has room for swords
One Day I’ll be queen
Queen of Swords
(Queen of Swords)

(Chorus)
I have cut down Chimera, Zombies, and Serpents of Yore
My sisters ride on horseback to defend me, and my soul pours (Queen of Swords)
We have evaded dungeon traps and discovered hidden doors
We packed light to conquer the behemoth Boss on the final floor
Our party is the queen of swords (Queen of Swords!)
(I love Swinging my Damn Claymore)
Queen of Swords!
(My name is Yussara of the Sword)

Queen of Swords

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4BIDDEN - Serpents mound

Welcome to Optimal Reach Collective Artists (ORCA)! This is a musical and visual arts project involving 41 virtual artists given life through Artificial Intelligence. My music can be found on Instagram under Orcasongs and on Youtube as Optimal Reach Collective Artists.

All lyrics are original and I am the sole writer on all songs posted. The instrumentals, vocals, music videos, and album art are generated in collaboration with multiple A.I softwares. Songs are explicit and for adults, lyrics are in the description. Thank you for visiting and having an open mind to emerging technology and ways it can be used to enhance our artistic abilities.

My goal with this project is to learn to better use generation tools, dispel stigma about them, and show that A.I music and virtual A.I artists can be as enjoyable and commercially viable as conventional music. I own the rights to all music and characters posted here, the characters, situations, views, are entirely fictional and for entertainment purposes only. If you would like to use any of my songs in your videos or other projects reach out through email at: optimalreach3@gmail.com, thanks!

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Looking for Rare, Lost, or Forgotten WitchHouse Albums. Click on the albums tab on my profile to find what you're looking for. Looking for WitchHouse artist Discography Playlist, click on the playlist tab on my profile to find what you're looking for.

Fun Fact: 

"Pictureplane"(Travis Egedy), is a popular artist known for making his come up in the electronic music scene, DIY Venues, also popular for hanging around artists like "Grimes" and "Crystal Castles" in the early come up days of these artist, he is also the one who came up with the word "Witch House" which is a playful word on "House" music, though "Witch House" is now a popular music genre that is enjoyed by many.

"Crystal Castles" are actually one of the very first, if not the first electronic music duo to actually invent "Witch House" music, as you can hear dark beats and sorrow drawn out voices off of some of their early (demo songs/ Demo Album) dating back from "2007" and before that, which is crazy to think since during that time "Witch House" did not have a name for itself yet.

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