Sea Swimming

from Wild Place by Jack O'Rourke

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Martha took her time - like the perfect crime
Pale Toes glistening on cool water
Caressing little waves and drowning sin
Confessing raw desire, then diving in

I made a bea line for the brine
Didn’t think of the ice cold - upper or lower
Healing all that pain, in green and blue
Me and Martha, sun coming through

Sea swimming - heart willing - I’ll dive with you into the dawn
Cured and renewed in the tide, reborn
Sea swimming - it’s fitting - with sunlight dancing on your skin
Naked as a morning - with you again and again

Sea weed and musk, like blind mans buff
Feeling all the feels without warning - upper
REM on your speaker phone
Cockles and clams make undertones


The Meeting of our water signs
Laughing in the tide with no motive - upper
Waves that hurl us into one
Something brewing, nearly begun

Sea swimming - heart willing - I’ll dive with you into the dawn
Cured and renewed in the tide, reborn
Sea swimming - it’s fitting - with sunlight dancing on your skin
Naked as a morning - with you again and again

Martha took her time - like the perfect crime
Pale Toes glistening on cool water
Caressing little waves and drowning sin
Confessing raw desire, then diving in

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from Wild Place, released November 5, 2021
Words and Music: Jack O’Rourke

Production: Davie Ryan and Jack O’Rourke
Mixing: Ber Quinn
Mastering: Philip Shaw Bova

Vocals and Piano: Jack O’Rourke
Guitars: Hugh Dillon
Cello: Aisling Fitzpatrick
Fiddle: Clare Sands

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Jack O'Rourke Cork, Ireland

Jack O’Rourke was described by Hotpress as “one of Ireland’s most gifted songwriters” in a review for his 2019 album, Ivory Towers. A Corkonian, Jack certainly references the musicality of Leeside turn of phrase, but his songs explore unique character studies, matters of the heart and are deeply personal, yet universal. This particularly rings true on his upcoming third album, Wild Place ... more

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