"oh girl, this boat is sinking,

there's no sea left for me--

and how the sky is heavy,

when you are underneath it!

and oh...i just want to sail away from here"

if this boat sinks into the dehydrated earth,

then we'll become like phoenixes and force our rebirth

we'll paddle across the sand,

with our arthritic hands,

and the grit will fill our pores

until we don't feel anything anymore

but we'll find a fire

and we'll build it higher

and throw ourselves in

a sacrifice to purge our sins

and we'll emerge purified

and santified

and with the angels we'll ascend

to heaven and the world will forget that we've been

there, down there,

lost in the desert of despair--

so oh, girl if this boat sinks

just close your eyes and think

of heaven