Oh Canada

He was carried from the water by a soldier
 And the picture screams a thousand different words
 He was running from the terror with his father
 Who once believed that nothing could be worse
 So he'd handed a man two thousand precious dollars
 The way you'd rest a bird in a lion's open jaw
 And he told his boys that Canada was waiting
 That there was hope upon her golden shores
 But at night he said a quiet prayer into the wind
 Oh Canada, if you can hear me now
 Won't you open up your arms towards the sea?
 Oh Canada, if you can help me out
 All I ever wanted was a safe place for my family
 Well the days were long but the nights were even longer
 And the baby boys never left their mothers' side
 But the boat was small and the waves were getting stronger
 And they began to fear they'd not survive
 So the father said "We gotta hold each other tighter
 I'm not losing everything I've loved tonight
 And we've come so far I know that out there somewhere
 There's a place where we'll not fear for our lives"
 But as he held onto the side of the boat he looked up at the sky
 Oh Canada, if you can hear me now
 Won't you open up your arms towards the sea
 Oh Canada, if you can help me out
 The sea is turning and I think we're going down
 Oh Canada, if you can hear me now
 Won't you open up your heart towards me
 Oh Anyone, please help me out
 All we ever wanted was a safe place for our family
 There's a million ways to justify your fear
 There's a million ways to measure out your words
 But the body of Alan being laid upon the sand
 Tell me how do you live with that?