A Sense of Doubt blog post #3780 - "The Vigil (The Sea)" - Jane Siberry

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3780 - "The Vigil (The Sea)" - Jane Siberry 

I know. Yesterday was Music Monday. But I was in low power mode, and I bumped this one to make room for a quick, easy, and fitting one yesterday. And who says I cannot do more than one music post in a week? I make the rules, so I say what goes.

As with a lot of the music I adore, I was introduced Jane Siberry by a friend.

The album The Speckless Sky (1985) was my entry point, and I went on to get the previous releases (just two) and buy each album as she released more. I managed to see Siberry in concert at the Ark in Ann Arbor, sitting very close.

For all my fandom, I either missed entirely or just forgot that Brian Eno produced and collaborated on two tracks on her most famous and successful album: When I Was a Boy (1993).

This is one of my favorite songs from a great album, though The Speckless Sky remains my favorite, followed closely by this album and The Walking (1987).

Thanks for tuning in.

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The Vigil (The Sea)

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"The Vigil (The Sea)" - Lyrics

Song by Jane Siberry ‧ 1993

sail ho heave ho come on let go your time on earth is over

i watch you sleeping on the bed i'm talking to your soul

did you ever think it'd be like this?

did you ever think you'd laugh so much?

did you ever think you'd have to try so hard?

oh...

i'm watching my sweet mama from my vigil on this chair

i close my eyes i feel a change...is this my lover here?

did you ever think it'd be like this?

did you ever think you'd walk away?

you and me running through the backstreets of the world

like a pack of hounds of two

wanting more and more love and how much is too much?

did you ever think we'd love so hard?

fighting hard and hurting worse

oh...you're sailing away...

*go away. just ignore them.*

next time i open my eyes...

is this my father here?

i know it's you because i recognize the smiling little boy

on the sunny front porch holding his mama's hand

remember when your mama said "we all need love"?

well...we ALL need love...

did you ever think you'd refuse love after all?

did you ever think you'd give love and then take it away?

and leave the lives around you in such shame and disarray and pain

it's alright

put your arms around my neck

hold me tight as we drift out now

while i have the stength of ten men

hold me close as we drift out into the darkness

pigeons rushing up past our heads

people in doorways

i think this is europe somewhere

you're so thin you're so light

don't let go hold me

...are these yours? or mine?

there is nothing i'd rather have than for you to put your hand upon my

forehead

just keep it there DON'T TAKE IT AWAY and tell me that even though you may

not like all

the things i do but say that you love my soul and remember me. remember me?

hold me close put your arms around my neck

as we drift out i've finished it

into the darkness you're so thin. it's only a movie...

run bambi run it's only a movie

brothers and sisters...fire...

i'm there and there's a body lying at the foot of it

hold me close we're moving out across the water now

and you're lying on this beach. sleeping

and a tyger's watching you from the edge of the jungle

and the sun through the leaves...and his stripes...and it's...

and you're sleeping and i'm watching and he's watching

and...you're so...beautiful...

sail ho heave ho come on let go your time on earth is over

you have done well it's time to rest i'm talking to your soul

did you ever think it'd be like this?

do you ever think we'll meet again?

how will i ever know it's you?

...maybe will it be the love that i'll feel...?

when i look into a stranger's eyes?

when i look into a...stranger's...eyes...

oh...you're sailing away

i keep my vigil on this chair

is this my lover here?

is this my brother here?

is this my baby?

is this me lying here

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Jane Siberry

The Vigil (The Sea) lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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