Roddy Frame - The Sea Is Wide lyrics

Sea, sea of fire It's my desire To cross you, but I don't know how Me, my mind may tire But my heart's a choir Singin' of your sacredness Longin' for nearness Drownin' out the fear in this Situation of strandedness My fate is in my hands As I survey this great divide My mood is an ocean blue And if wishes were my crew They would carry me to you On the other side But the sun moves high and slow And I'm longin' here below For where your moon is hangin' low But the sea is wide So I stand and gaze On a clear, blue glaze That's mirroring my emptiness Waves break and burst And I slake my thirst Memories of you and me That draw me under thoughtlessly Down into that dark recess I feel the folds of her flowin' dress Fall away with my caress Make her form familiar to me Is this thought peculiar to me? Do you miss me, too? And are we bound to be? Will your warm embraces wait? Or did I leave it all too late? For the twistin' force of fate To turn the tide May you share the faith I keep As you're driftin' out to sleep And may it always run as deep As the sea is wide