Siberry jane the vigil (the sea) lyrics

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 backstreets 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 stength 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 nneck

 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 tyger'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?