Rachel Sermanni, 7 November 1991. Is a songwriter from a small village in t… Read Full Bio ↴Rachel Sermanni, 7 November 1991. Is a songwriter from a small village in the Scottish Highlands called Carrbridge. It’s very nice up there.

Sometimes she plays solo and at others she is surrounded by a group of wonderful musicians consisting of Laura Wilkie, Siobhan Anderson and sometimes Louise Bichan (the fiddle pixies), Leo and Declan Forde and pianist Jennifer Austin.

She played the Communion night at Notting Hill Arts Centre in London, having had her track My Friend Fire, recorded and produced by Ben of Mumford and Sons. This was featured on the first Communion compilation album. .

Rachel has supported many acts, including Mumford & Sons on their Highlands & Islands tour as well as KT Tunstall, Newton Faulkner and John William Grant. Sermanni performed duets with both Faulkner and Grant.

Sea Oh See
Rachel Sermanni Lyrics

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I pulled the plug,
I travelled down the drainpipe.
You'll find a note by the bath to say goodbye.
And though they called my name,
I flushed them from my senses
These tunnels were vast, I sped by the rats to the sea.

Oh, see; the stars alight for me

As the sky unfolds,
I was not told of such beauty,
Such beauty.

Spy the red horizon, I was caged but now I run
I row toward a rising sun;
A Soulboat on the waves.
And I will hoist the skull and bones
Tell ships in the night 'don't come near,
I have a knife and I have no fear.
If you carry word from the shore,
I don't need them anymore.
I'm a pirate now.'

And oh, how gold it fills my chest
It glows like the sun,
It's mine and mine alone,
You cannot touch my new beauty. You cannot touch it.

She fled, alone.
Lost her boat in a storm, the glowing sunk like a stone.
And the stars no longer cared;
She didn't look up anymore, she hadn't stared up in
years.

And at dawn I must think of her,
Throw the pearls back in the sea.

Overall Meaning

In Rachel Sermanni's song "Sea Oh See," the singer announces her departure from her present circumstance with the words, "I pulled the plug, I travelled down the drainpipe." She notes that she can hear her name being called, but she "flushed them from [her] senses." The imagery of travelling through tunnels at breakneck speed is used to describe the singer's journey to the sea. There is a sense of wonder in the lyrics as the singer notes the beauty of the stars she sees in the sky as she flees. She describes her freedom from her past with the words, "I row toward a rising sun; A Soulboat on the waves," and there is a sense of danger and adventure as she declares herself a pirate.

However, the final verses of the song reveal a darker tone to the singer's liberation. The lyrics suggest that the glowing gold she has found, a metaphor for her new sense of freedom, is something that no one else can touch. There is a sense of isolation and loneliness in this idea. The final verse speaks of a woman who has lost her own boat and her own sense of wonder. This serves as a warning that freedom and liberation may come at a cost.

Overall, "Sea Oh See" portrays the singer's journey to the sea as an escape from the mundane with a sense of danger and wonder. However, it also suggests that such freedom comes at a price, and the singer may become isolated from others.

Line by Line Meaning

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