friendboats

sailboats near trouville eugene-louis boudin

i've been listening to mariee sioux's release "faces in the rocks" and i came across this song.

the words are the kind of words i wish i'd written but happily they're out there regardless of how they arrived.

send some friendboats made from wood bones

for all that i have known has rowed away from this coast

and carve me a mask from the safety of their decks

and make me a dress from their masts

for i have never known such missing of that breaking water

no, i have never known such missing of that breaking water

no, i have never known

such missing of that breaking water

so when i go

please, when i am gone

when i go

please, when i am gone

then, burn me with their bows

and toss some saving golden ropes to

let us set anchor so far away from this coast

then close off this darkness with curtains of sails

and cast it forever into the chests of the whales

for i have never known such missing of that breaking water

no, i have never known such missing of that breaking water

no, i have never known

such missing of that breaking water

so when i go

please, when i am gone

when i go

please, when i am gone

then, burn me with their bows

mariee sioux "friendboats"