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Sail Away Lyrics

Sail away with me honey
I put my heart in your hands
Sail away with me honey now, now, now
Sail away with me
What will be will be
I wanna hold you now

Crazy skies all wild above me now
Winter howling at my face
And everything I held so dear
Disappeared without a trace
Oh all the times I've tasted love
Never knew quite what I had
Little Darling if you hear me now
Never needed you so bad
Spinning round inside my head

Sail away with me honey
I put my heart in your hands
Sail away with me honey now, now, now
Sail away with me
What will be will be
I wanna hold you now, now, now

I've been talking drunken gibberish
Falling in and out of bars
Trying to find some explanation here
For the way some people are
How did it ever come so far

Sail away with me honey
I put my heart in your hands
Sail away with me honey now, now, now
Sail away with me
What will be will be
I wanna hold you now
Sail away with me honey
I put my heart in your hands
Sail away with me honey now, now
Sail away with me
What will be will be
I wanna hold you now

Repeat chorus
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Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

Beautiful song. A man longing to be alone with the love of his life who has slipped away somehow (perhaps she left him)... To me this song is about wanting to forget about everything and everyone else in the world and just sail away with the one person you truly love.

Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

My plan was to get a boat-a big boat and I'd get my love and steal him away and take him and we'd discover the Exumas...:) We'd find them all...ahh...I'd take him and we'd sail away...

Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

I love this song.

Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

this song makes me think of summer nights, driving around with my best friends.....

Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

it's just beautiful.

Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

I personally believe this song's meaning is that David Gray has found a love he believes is true love, but he doesn't understand why or how. He's spent so long drowning in false love and hope, but finally found someone he doesn't want to lose so badly he wishes that they could just "sail away" together and forget about the past and everything that could break them apart or make them fall away from eachother. He states, "what will be will be" as he knows where they would be going is different and he can't predict the outcome, but they'll get through it together no matter what happens. Perhaps they already have so many things in their life that are trying to pull them apart. All I know is that he loves this person and he feels as if they are drifting apart and he wants nothing more than to leave where they are to heal their relationship.

Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

"And everything I held so dear disappeared without a trace."

I think this song is about lost love or missed opportunities. He has come to the realization that his love is slipping away, and he tries to hold on to her and keep her close. Regardless of the meaning, this song is incredibly moving and David's voice only helps to intensify the power of this song.

Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

it seems to me that this song denotes that he took someone for granted and now they've gone. he realised how much they meant to him and he wants them back and is trying to come to terms with his loss / stupidity. A fucking brilliant song, can't wait to see him live in Dec 02

Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

i met a girl 1 nite and she really nice, i kept in contact with her. I happened to really like her and we were chatting on msn 1 day and she sent me this song. i love it, 1 of the best songs he has done. For me it relates to me wanting to be with her I lovely song

Cover art for Sail Away lyrics by David Gray

This song to me is like one of those songs you can just listen to and fall asleep. It's a song that reminds me of a best friend who i'll admit i feel i'm in love with and i'm going on holiday with him soon, and just makes me feel as though if i 'sail away' with him, nothing else in the world will matter and it will just be me and him, Maybe just a dream....We will see. Amazing song though, From an amazing guy!