Full Fathom Five

Full fathom five thy father lies；
Of his bones are coral made；
Those are pears that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! Now I hear them --- Ding-dong, bell.


“五寻的水深处躺着你的父亲，
他的骨骼已化成珊瑚；
他眼睛是耀眼的明珠，
他消失的身全没有一处不曾
受到海水神奇的变幻，
　化成瑰宝，富丽而珍怪。
海的女神时时摇起他的丧钟，(和声)
　叮!咚!
听；我现在听到了叮咚的丧钟。”

歌曲取材自莎士比亚的悲喜剧《暴风雨》
Méav’s own setting of a vivid text by Shakespeare. It describes a drowned man at the bottom of the sea with pearls for eyes and mermaids tolling bells for him - with harp and echoing layered vocal harmonies.