Friendboats

Send some friendboats made from wood bones
 For all that I have known has rowed away from this coast
 And carve me a mask from the safety of their decks
 And make me a dress from their masts
 For I have never known such missing of that breaking water
 No, I have never known such missing of that breaking water
 No, I have never known
 Such missing of that breaking water
 So when I go
 Please, when I am gone
 When I go
 Please, when I am gone
 Then, burn me with their bows
 And toss some saving golden ropes to
 Let us set anchor so far away from this coast
 Then close off this darkness with curtains of sails
 And cast it forever into the chests of the whales
 For I have never known such missing of that breaking water
 No, I have never known such missing of that breaking water
 No, I have never known
 Such missing of that breaking water
 So when I go
 Please, when I am gone
 When I go
 Please, when I am gone
 Then, burn me with their bows