I need a boat to move across this water
I’ll build it strong enough for three
I think we’ll float this sea of tears forever
Trying to find you while we sleep
I cannot stop searching for you, my darling
In all the places you should be
Don’t want to drown in this sea of sorrow
I need a boat to rescue me.
A thousand hearts were broken
But ten thousand more were opened
When your soul dropped to the ocean
Sending waves out to the shore
And the sky cried a deluge
While the whales sang your name
You should have stayed
But you have changed this lovely world.
Somehow the sun stays in the sky morning to evening
Somehow the tides still rise and fall
Somehow the stars still shine
And I continue breathing
Without you being here at all.
I’ll sail away to the land of Zion
I’ll place your name in that sad wall
I’ll see your face in the eyes of strangers
I’ll feel your heartbeat inside my own.
A thousand hearts were broken
But ten thousand more were opened
When your soul dropped to the ocean
Sending waves out to the shore
And the sky cried a deluge
While the whales sang your name
You should have stayed
But you have changed this lovely world.
