Firmly Fossilized in the stagnant bedchamber of the deep A shell of a mermaid flickered in the twilight zone The lowest level of the ocean where light can possibly reach Out of obscurity they came First circling around Then zeroing in for a silent kill Hush Baby Lie still In the abyss no one can hear you scream She cried river-fuls But who can count tears down here? Tentacles scrambled franticly, upturning every scale No Prince Eric to the rescue Not a Disney Fairy Tale And where’s the One who parted the Red See to make the way? From above others gazed through a keel made of glass From their yachts they double-clicked away for that deadly catch Hoping to net true love with a plastic card And even if Love was about a mere touch Could it be diluted to this cold-hearted grab and smash? Tell me why We all get Lost in translation and get hook up on lust Sea shells sang, More than others think is wise More than others think is safe And the Sea shells sang, Hope is the key to Freedom So She unlocked the promise of tomorrow with the gift of Hope today In and Out they stole through the shipwreck Uprooting the dreams she so meticulously stashed Plundering her spirit, ransacking her body Pillaging the already fractured heart Always drifting Out of consciousness as a way of escape She imagined Travelling on a unicorn to a Promised Land But when every waking hour is such a nightmare It seems there’s only one step to take No more drama, No more pain As she wielded a cracked shell to sever her veins Out of the electric-blue surface plunged a crystal key Who did it She knew not at all It travelled 20.000 leagues down to the bottom of the sea To unlock her future, to plant that seed Cause Hope is the key to freedom Hope makes the forgotten believe Sea shells sang, More than others think is wise More than others think is safe And the Sea shells sang, Hope is the key to Freedom So She unlocked the promise of tomorrow with the gift of Hope today As the silver of the full-moon danced tip-toe on the waves Starfish sluggishly burrowed through the reef The mermaid mustered all the courage to shed that ball and chain Not only did she turn the key, she turned over a new leaf Upwards she swam feebly like half -female, half-broken she was Upon Piercing the veneer of the ocean with a desperate sigh Just before she blacked out, she gravely sang her heart out Is the King alive? She cried “Is the King Alive?” There he was in all his eternal splendour, the greatest fisher of men The king stepped out of the boat graciously and grabbed his lost daughter by hand Sea shells sang More than others think is wise More than others think is safe And the Sea shells sang, Hope is the key to Freedom So She unlocked the promise of tomorrow with the gift of Hope today