Washed Up from Swilkie by Iona Lane

Washed up in a whale on Uisken beach
Thrown overboard with a three legged stool and an apple
Swallowed me whole, as I swam to its stomach
To a universe new to me, that I thought I would never see

Washed up in a whale

Angler fish lit my way as I ventured on its baleen slay
Through corals and anemones, oh the fish tailed curiously
I met a lost selkie who cried for their lover
They told me a story oh when their skin was anothers

Washed up in a whale
Washed up in a whale

Fishline bunting tangled in kelp
And sweet wrapper murals crafted by whelks
I was asked to judge the upcycling contest
And the winner was a hermit crab with a thimble for a shell

Washed up in a whale
Washed up in a whale

Washed up in a whale on Uisken beach
Sat on a three legged stool eating an apple

• Folk
• indie folk
• pop folk
• roots
• singer-songwriter
• traditional
• United Kingdom