Tide takes the child  
To where the day ends 
Weary sun dissolves  
Like aspirin  

Sky leans over  
Kisses the sea  
Darker than wine 
Dreams swim in the deep  

CHORUS  

Sleep     Child  
Sleep   deep  
Dark    dreams  
Child     sleep  

What you don’t know  
Won’t hurt you yet  
Turn turn away  
Sleep  forget  

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Sails made of paper  
Hull made of dreams  
Waves roll on 
Like a huge machine  

A king that’s blind  
A maid that’s clever  
Digging for roots  
She found a treasure  

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Let me tell you a story  
The story begins as it ends  
No parades no glory  
No lovers lost and found again  

A silent world in shadow  
A lump of coal in your hand  
A flickering spark  
In this battered land