jeannie wrote:I'm fairly certain that she's singing "shucking" and not "shocking" considering the myriad allusions to oysters in the song.
I dream it every night
The meaning of the prayer
the motes of sand dislodged
the shucking cooking bright (could be shucking, quick and bright)
the twinned and cast off shells
reveal a single heart of white
Aha! shucking works perfectly then and now the sentence makes sense!
I think what we all need is to hear her perform it again cos there are still places where I can't comprehend anything