Sailor Song

Album

Single

Label

Island Records

Genre

Indie Folk

Composer(s)

Gianna Perez

Entered Chart

Aug 31, 2024

Peak Date

Nov 23, 2024

Released

July 26, 2024

Gigi Perez is a lesbian artist who's single "Sailor Song" explores Sapphic love in a world often hostile to same-sex relationships. The song finds Perez longing for her heart's desire to love her openly and without shame. Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor? Perez uses the metaphor of a sailor's love to convey the intensity of desire she longs her romantic interest to have for her. Sailors, often absent for extended periods because of their profession, develop a deep, passionate love for their partners. Perez wrote the song herself and co-produced it with Noah Weinman, the LA singer-songwriter behind the melancholy bedroom-folk project Runnner.

I saw her in the rightest way
Looking like Anne Hathaway
Laughing while she hit her pen
And coughed, and coughed
And then, she came up to my knees
Begging, baby, would you please?
Do the things you said you'd do to me, to me

Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?
And when you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?
I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior
My mom says that she's worried, but I'm covered in this favor
And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong
I sleep so I can see you 'cause I hate to wait so long
I sleep so I can see you and I hate to wait so long

She took my fingers to her mouth
The kind of thing that makes you proud
That nothing else had ever
Worked out, worked out
And lately, I've tried other things
But nothing can capture the sting
Of the venom she's gonna spit out right now

Oh, won't you kiss me on the mouth and love me like a sailor?
When you get a taste, can you tell me what's my flavor?
I don't believe in God, but I believe that you're my savior
I know that you've been worried, but you're dripping in my favor
And when we're getting dirty, I forget all that is wrong
I sleep so I can see you 'cause I hate to wait so long
I sleep so that I can see you and I hate to wait so long

And we can run away to the walls inside your house
I can be the cat, baby, you can be the mouse
And we can laugh off things that we know nothing about
We can go forever until you wanna sit it out