Floating in the Water by Vom Vorton
Liner NotesIn the early 1500s, a family joins the rush from Europe to the recently discovered Americas to start a new life. After their ship is wrecked, they resort to the classic Message-in-a-Bottle scenario in the hope that somebody will find their remote island. 500 years later, the bottle is discovered miraculously intact and put up for auction as a historical artefact.

Electric guitars and synthesizer come in to signal the move to the present day.

we set out for the new world
fertile land and rivers full of gold
the storm hit around midnight
and we woke up on a beach, freezing cold

don’t worry, my love
the water’s good, and fruit grows from the trees
I will bottle up a message
and I will cast it out into the sea

they’ll find it floating in the water
they’ll find it floating in the water
they’ll save our sons and our daughters
and with God on our side, they’ll save us too

the next item up for auction
dates from the early sixteenth century
pulled out of the ocean by a fisherman, unopened
its contents still remain a mystery

quiet please, and I will start the bidding
some lucky soul will win a prize today
a treasure map, or a piece of history?
raise your hand if you’re prepared to pay

we found it floating in the water
we found it floating in the water
we don’t know the fate of the author
but make a bid, and this could belong to you

we found it floating in the water
we found it floating in the water
if you’re curious, maybe you oughtta
make a bid, and make your dream come true

they followed the map
found bobbing on the waves
it led to stones
marking perfect graves
and the dust of bones
that had fallen nearby
because nobody was left
to bury the last to die