Sharks
Morphine Lyrics
Sharks patrol these waters
Sharks patrol these waters
Don't let your fingers dangle in the water
And don't you worry about the day-glow orange life preserver
It won't save you
It won't save you
Swim for the shore just as fast as you're able
Swim like a motherfucker
Swim
Fast as that the scene shifts to now
The ever glorious now
The ever present, now
Dredged in flour and deep-fat-fried
And cooled on paper towels and then devoured
You know
I spent fifteen years in a life raft
Fifteen years in a life raft
Now I got something to say
Stay in your life boats, people
Stay in your life boats, people
It's murder out there, murder out there
Sharks patrol these waters
Sharks patrol these waters, hey
Don't you worry about the day-glow orange life preserver
It won't save you
It won't save you
Swim for the shore just as fast as you're able
Swim
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Written by: Mark Sandman
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Morphine was formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States in 1990 by Mark Sandman (vocals, bass) and Dana Colley (saxophone). Jerome Dupree became the group's drummer in 1991 prior to the release of their debut album, Good. "Low Rock" is Morphine's unique combination of jazz, blues and pop/rock, sung with darkly comic and ironic lyrics. Their guitarless sound relied on an unusual combination of baritone/tenor sax, percussion and a two string slide bass. Read Full BioMorphine was formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States in 1990 by Mark Sandman (vocals, bass) and Dana Colley (saxophone). Jerome Dupree became the group's drummer in 1991 prior to the release of their debut album, Good. "Low Rock" is Morphine's unique combination of jazz, blues and pop/rock, sung with darkly comic and ironic lyrics. Their guitarless sound relied on an unusual combination of baritone/tenor sax, percussion and a two string slide bass.
While "Good" earned the band critical notoriety and substantial underground cred, they did not -- with this release or any subsequent -- break into the mainstream. After the release of Good, the band replaced Dupree with Billy Conway, a former bandmate of Sandman. Morphine's 1992 release of Cure for Pain, promoted by heavy touring, received some mainstream positive attention, selling over 300,000 copies worldwide and spawning a chart hit in many countries with the single Buena
Subsequent releases include Yes and Like Swimming.
On July 3, 1999, Mark Sandman collapsed on stage in Palestrina, Italy, a suburb of Rome. He was pronounced dead of a heart attack at the scene. He was 46. Morphine released The Night -- arguably their best effort -- posthumously in 2000.
After Sandman's death, the remaining band members reformed and continued to record as Twinemen and later as The Ever Expanding Elastic Waste Band
In 2004, the Mark Sandman box set Sandbox was released by Hi-n-Dry, Mark Sandman's own label. It contains two CDs and a DVD of previously unreleased material spanning Sandman’s musical career. The DVD features clips from early Sandman shows, interviews from the Morphine tours, and various videos from other Sandman solo and group projects, such as Treat Her Right.
"Some day there'll be a cure for pain,
And that's the day I throw my drugs away" - Mark Sandman
Links:
The Other Side - A Morphine Fanzine
Morphine at Myspace
While "Good" earned the band critical notoriety and substantial underground cred, they did not -- with this release or any subsequent -- break into the mainstream. After the release of Good, the band replaced Dupree with Billy Conway, a former bandmate of Sandman. Morphine's 1992 release of Cure for Pain, promoted by heavy touring, received some mainstream positive attention, selling over 300,000 copies worldwide and spawning a chart hit in many countries with the single Buena
Subsequent releases include Yes and Like Swimming.
On July 3, 1999, Mark Sandman collapsed on stage in Palestrina, Italy, a suburb of Rome. He was pronounced dead of a heart attack at the scene. He was 46. Morphine released The Night -- arguably their best effort -- posthumously in 2000.
After Sandman's death, the remaining band members reformed and continued to record as Twinemen and later as The Ever Expanding Elastic Waste Band
In 2004, the Mark Sandman box set Sandbox was released by Hi-n-Dry, Mark Sandman's own label. It contains two CDs and a DVD of previously unreleased material spanning Sandman’s musical career. The DVD features clips from early Sandman shows, interviews from the Morphine tours, and various videos from other Sandman solo and group projects, such as Treat Her Right.
"Some day there'll be a cure for pain,
And that's the day I throw my drugs away" - Mark Sandman
Links:
The Other Side - A Morphine Fanzine
Morphine at Myspace
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Nathan Rust
This song is used to attract actual sharks! I saw it on Shark Week! They played it on an underwater speaker and the vibrations from the bass and sax actually attracted sharks. The show was called “Isle of Jaws”
Olya Apostolova
Omg, that’s why I’ve always had this relationship with this song. It resonates on many platforms. Amazing. I won’t even Google it. 😎
No Name
Can't blame em
r8dj
timeless classic....R.I.P. Sandman
deBebbler
Saw these guys in 1998 at a Randolph St intersection during Taste Of Chicago. Best $5 I ever spent.
R J K
great song , verry happy I saw these guys live ! RIP MARK - Talented guy!
Mo D
Thanks for uploading this version. I was looking for it a few months ago. The transcribed lyrics on that other version video are hilarious!
R J K
No I saw them in about 95, 96 they were great ! it was a golden time for music !
Not Insidious
I know what that last part yes I do I know that last part… He’s tearing into you today he’s throwing it up in the air and knocking you around with his nose… His eyes are closed… It doesn’t matter as long as he can devour you! And don’t forget, sharks patrol these waters❤
Not Insidious
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