Demasduit's Dream Lyrics - Singles - Great Big Sea

I dreamt I saw a woman 

Standing by the strand 

Waiting for her people 

To come in from the land 

Waiting there for seven days 

She built a fire in the sand 

Waiting for her people 

To come in from the land 

She had the look of a refugee 

Hiding in her eyes 

And when I tried to talk to her 

She answered with a cry 

And pointed to the water 

Out beyond the harbor line 

Where a thousand ships lay waiting 

They lay waiting for my sign 

I remember days of sunlight 

With my father by my side 

And the children, ran before us 

Like the foam upon the tide 

We ran like frightened partridge 

When the strangers came to talk 

Bringing sickness 'round them 

And the thunder in their walk 

We ran into the valleys 

And we ran into the hills 

They only ran before us 

Driven by the strangers' will 

I remember days of sunlight 

With my father by my side 

And the children, ran before us 

Like the foam upon the tide 

I'm waiting by the land wash 

Giant standing near 

I see them coming always 

Children in their fear 

I'm waiting on my blanket 

And the giant waits with me 

And I will wait here always 

As they fill the endless sea 

I remember days of sunlight 

With my father by my side 

And the children, ran before us 

Like the foam upon the tide 

I remember days of sunlight 

With my father by my side 

And the children, ran before us 

Like the foam upon the tide