Emma Shapplin

Go my love, my flame
Go, carried by the tide... even
If my reason wanders
In the shade of the reeds

I'll love you
All the same
Oh!

Go, drift off, yearning
Go my love, sail away
Only God knows if he keeps us
But I keep your words

I'll love you
All the same
Oh!

Just a straw in the wind
A wee nest on the water
Two dishevelled roses
And drifting gillyflowers

There at longlast I lay
If I dare
Expose
We two, adieu

Stripped of all tears
The frail little barge
Floats off with our alarms
And our finest assaults

...Drift away
Serene
Oh!

Just a straw in the wind
A wee nest on the water
Two dishevelled roses
And drifting gillyflowers

There at longlast I lay
If I dare
Expose
We two

I thought to see the white wing
Rise up the wave and droop
My tiny craft
Upset and stranded there

I sensed like a dream
When in vain we think
Of your kiss on my lips
Intense.