Take Me With You

Take me out to sea when you go,
creeping away in the quiet hours,
let's walk hand in hand to the trembling sound
of the world waking up in the dawn

Take me out where it's too deep to swim,
where darkness goes all the way down,
take me on to a paradise shore
where the shallows are warmed by the sun

I'll pack up my life in a box with a lock
and seal it away in the hold of our ship,
I'll stand at the rail with a prayer on my tongue,
I'll follow you into the distance

There's a haze coming in on the south coast,
soon you'll be disappeared,
I'm cutting away at the clouds, my dear,
it's lonely staying at home

There's a gap in the sky where you left me,
a place in my bed that's still empty,
a map on the table that's calling me
and a dream, a dream, a dream

I'll hunt for your heart in the salt and the sand,
carve your name deep in an old oak tree,
summon you up with my talking drum,
call to the spirits in silence

I'll sell my possessions and take to the waves,
follow your footsteps through faraway lands,
I've wasted so much of my precious youth
waiting at the edge of the sea