Who’ll face the tide And take their chances Will fasten the lights To broken branches Adrift on the ocean In wild winter storms I have to imagine things To keep myself warm
The night closing in But not to worry Told everyone I know That I was sorry But I heard them all singing For comfort and peace And in my confusion here I still believe
You were the one to make me cry You were the one to take me home Of all the people in my life My thoughts keep returning to you But consciousness is fading fast
Surrounded by sights That go on living Make circles in time The spider web spinning Well, I have no illusions Of where I am now I’ll let this wave take me And pour me down
You were the one to make me cry You were the one to take me home Of all the stories in my life Only good things return to you
If I could only say the words If you could hear me cry for help But I’d lift my head up to the sky And the planes that were circling Now have gone