Paper cup of the 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 bears us from our home

Could save us, or take us for its own
The danger that life should lead us in

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 bears us from our home

Could save us, or take us for its own

The danger that life should lead us in

My angel, could I have steered us clear?

Paper cup of the boat

Heaving chest of the sea

Carry both of us,
Or swallow her, swallow me