I believe you got it backwards there steph. I think it's about the woman/girl dying. He is there with her as she begins to pass on, and she is crying and he doubts his beliefs, but thinks that God must exist and love him if he allowed him time with someone he loved so much.
The line "Will you find me when the tide decides that I got to leave", is about how he wants her to find him when it's his turn to pass on. He wants to join her in the afterlife.
The brilliant metaphor is setup that sailing is dying (as far as im concerned). She sails off, leaving him on the beach, and when the tide decides that he has to leave, he wants her to find him.
I believe you got it backwards there steph. I think it's about the woman/girl dying. He is there with her as she begins to pass on, and she is crying and he doubts his beliefs, but thinks that God must exist and love him if he allowed him time with someone he loved so much.
The line "Will you find me when the tide decides that I got to leave", is about how he wants her to find him when it's his turn to pass on. He wants to join her in the afterlife.
The brilliant metaphor is setup that sailing is dying (as far as im concerned). She sails off, leaving him on the beach, and when the tide decides that he has to leave, he wants her to find him.
Beautiful song, really.