We held you by your paper hands
Your crepe paper hands
Sarah and I both know
You could not stay
We take your ashes away

We’ve sailed here
This cold wave
To find your peace in parting
Here to help you make your grave

And oh
“Even when I am gone
You know that
My arms are always around you”

You can’t stay for namesakes
That stand and wait and take you
“Take me to the ocean’s water
Take me to my resting place”

So set sail
This last goodbye
And let the stays come falling
Let those hands of paper fly
And oh
“Even though I am gone
You know that
My arms are always around you”

“Even when I am gone
You know that
My arms are always around you”