Paper cup of a boat, heaving chest of the sea
Carry both of us, carry her, carry me
From the place we were born to the land of the free
Carry both of us, carry her, carry me
The ocean that bares us from our home
Could save us or take us for its own
The danger that life should lead us here
My angel, could I have steered us clear?
Gone the light from her eyes with the lives that we made
Just the two of us in the night on the waves
Moving silent her lips by the moon's only light
Sewing silver prayers in the blanket of night
The ocean that bares us from our home
Could save us or take us for its own
The danger that life should lead us here
My angel, could I have steered us clear?
Paper cup of a boat, heaving chest of the sea
Carry both of us, oh, swallow her, swallow me