The Vigil (the Sea) Lyrics - Jane Siberry

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?