Take my hand
I’ll lay it here in yours,
In the sand,
On this foreign shore
Take my hand,
Won’t you clasp it to your close,
As we stand,
Surrounded by our ghosts,
And we’ll float,
Like two gulls in the wind,
We’ll float,
Watch the earth as it spins,
We’ll float,
Like two seabirds fair,
Over land remote,
Suspended in the air, oh…
Take my words,
Every paragraph and paraphrase,
And for once,
Won’t you leave me with nothing to say?
Take my words,
I will write them for you on a page,
Bind them up,
Give you a book, that you can save,
And we’ll float,
Like two gulls in the wind,
We’ll float,
Watch the earth as it spins,
We’ll float,
Like two seabirds fair,
Over land remote,
Suspended in the air, oh…
Take my heart,
I offer it beating,
As we start,
Maybe you can stop the bleeding,
Take my heart,
I’ll wear it for you on my sleeve,
Don’t you part,
Stay here and fall in love with me,
And we’ll float,
And we’ll float,
Like two gulls in the wind,
We’ll float,
Watch the earth as it spins,
We’ll float,
Like two seabirds fair,
Over life remote,
Suspended in the air, oh…
credits
from Off To Starboard,
released January 18, 2018
Written by: Laura Benson
Laura Benson: acoustic guitar, violin, vocals
K. Stellar Dutcher: vocals, broken banjo
Court Hoang: bass
Ed McClary: drums
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