Last track from the CD "No Mermaid" (Grapevine and Fontana Interscope, 1998) by Irish singer Sinéad Lohan. I first heard this song in Cambridge, MA, on the Harvard FM station while traveling. Poetic lyrics. Memorable song. I couldn't find it on YouTube. The lyrics are:
DIVING TO BE DEEPER
Sinéad Lohan
her majesty was so fine / he almost thought that she was real / but she's divine / he thought she was caught up in a web / but she's the tangle / and as she went flying through the air / he caught on by her ankle
her attitude is all right / she's mainly on the up / but she tends to lie / he thought she was swimming against the tide / but she's the tangle / and as she went butterflying down / she led on to strangle
and he went diving diving down / diving down diving down / just to be deeper / and he only took her money / 'cause he thought that he / could never really keep her
this century will fall down / we always thought it was a queen / but it's just a crown / we thought she was caught up in a web / but she's the tangle / as she went flying through the air / he fell off at an angle
the legacy was burning bright / she's living in a dream / but she's all right / he thought she was dying of a scream / but she's the screamer / and when she passed him on the end / she smiled and he believed her
and he went diving diving down / diving down diving down / just to be deeper / and he only took her money / 'cause he thought that he / could never really keep her
her majesty was so fine / he almost thought that she was real / but she's divine / he thought she was caught up in a web / but she's the tangle / and as she went flying through the air / he caught on by her ankle
her attitude was all right / she's mainly on the up / but she tends to lie / he thought she was swimming against the tide / but she's the tangle / and as she went butterflying down / she led him on to strangle
and he went diving diving down / diving down diving down / just to be deeper / and he only took her money / 'cause he thought that he / could never really keep her
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