One by one
They walk into the sea
Hand in hand
Delivering them to me
Step by step
The children leave their homes
and you can hear their mothers bleeding dry
the eyes that ache for tenderness of youth

Innocence can fly away
To someplace warm and safe
The cold hold with make you stay
I'll be the harmony that you crave


I pull them down with heavy hands
The ocean's grip
Time makes demands

Bring them one by one to the coastal bend
Lay their pretty faces to the waves
It's amazing what deathly deep can mend
Laid to rest in water's graves

Take my hand and touch my face
I'll show a darker, liquid place
Bring the young ones to me
Deliver all my children to the sea