The Vigil (the Sea)

Sail ho heave ho come on let go

Your time on earth is over

I watch you sleeping on the bed

I'm talking to your soul

Did you ever think, it'd be like this?

Did you ever think, you'd laugh so much?

Did you ever think, you'd have to try so hard?

Oh

I'm watching my sweet mama

From my vigil on this chair

I close my eyes I feel a change

Is this my lover here?

Did you ever think, it'd be like this?

Did you ever think, you'd walk away?

You and me running through the back streets of the world

Like a pack of hounds of two

Wanting more and more love and how much is too much?

Did you ever think we'd love so hard?

Fighting hard and hurting worse

Oh, you're sailing away

Go away just ignore them

Next time, I open my eyes, is this my father here?

I know it's you because I recognize the smiling little boy

On the sunny front porch holding his mama's hand

Remember when your mama said "we all need love"?

Well, we all need love

Did you ever think, you'd refuse love after all?

Did you ever think, you'd give love and then take it away?

And leave the lives around you in such shame and disarray and pain

It's alright

Put your arms around my neck

Hold me tight as we drift out now

While I have the strength of ten men

Hold me close as we drift out into the darkness

Pigeons rushing up past our heads

People in doorways

I think this is Europe somewhere

You're so thin you're so light, don't let go hold me

Are these yours or mine?

There is nothing, I'd rather have than for you

To put your hand upon my forehead

Just keep it there, don't take it away

And tell me that even though you may not like all

The things I do but say that you love my soul

And remember me, remember me?

Hold me close, put your arms around my neck

As we drift out I've finished it

Into the darkness, you're so thin, it's only a movie

Run Bambi run, it's only a movie

Brothers and sisters, fire

I'm there and there's a body lying at the foot of it

Hold me close, we're moving out across the water now

And you're lying on this beach, sleeping

And a tiger's watching you from the edge of the jungle

And the sun through the leaves and his stripes and it's

And you're sleeping and I'm watching and he's watching

And you're so beautiful

Sail ho heave ho come on let go

Your time on earth is over

You have done, well it's time to rest

I'm talking to your soul

Did you ever think, it'd be like this?

Do you ever think, we'll meet again?

How will I ever know it's you?

Maybe, will it be the love that I'll feel?

When I look into a stranger's eyes

When I look into a stranger's eyes

Oh, you're sailing away

I keep my vigil on this chair

Is this my lover here?

Is this my brother here?

Is this my baby?

Is this me lying here?