Cool water
Won’t bring you down
Lord it’s hard
My back yard
Is full of hand me downs
Make your pick
Take it quick
While the going’s good
And you are
Thank the stars

Like I knew you would

Cool water
You’re out of grace
Take a cloth
Wipe it off
The egg that’s on your face
Take this thing
That we sing
Make it something good
Say you care
If you dare
And I knew you would
And I knew you would

Cool water
Won’t bring you down
Lover swim
Jump right in
You’re my favourite clown
On demand
My right hand
And we’re chained and bound
Feels so good
Like it should
Let me bring you round
Let me bring you round
Let me bring you round
Let me bring you round

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Isobel Campbell is the former cellist and backing vocalist for Belle & Sebastian, as well as leader of The Gentle Waves. Mark Lanegan (1964 - 2022) used to be the frontman of the Seattle grunge band The Screaming Trees and subsequently played with Queens of the Stone Age, and formed (together with Greg Dulli) The Gutter Twins. Lanegan also released solo albums.

Together, Campbell and Lanegan formed a unique combination of gruff vocals and dulcet voices. Read Full BioIsobel Campbell is the former cellist and backing vocalist for Belle & Sebastian, as well as leader of The Gentle Waves. Mark Lanegan (1964 - 2022) used to be the frontman of the Seattle grunge band The Screaming Trees and subsequently played with Queens of the Stone Age, and formed (together with Greg Dulli) The Gutter Twins. Lanegan also released solo albums.

Together, Campbell and Lanegan formed a unique combination of gruff vocals and dulcet voices. They released a series of albums: Ballad of the Broken Seas, which received a nomination in the 2006 Mercury Awards, Sunday at Devil Dirt, which was released in May 2008. The album received US release in Fall 2008. Their third album Hawk was released in August 2010. The same year the live album "Live At The Barbican London 2010 " was released.