I love this beautiful song! On an analytical note I think there is a certain homoerotic tone to this song - specifically how she takes the more masculine role in the beginning ('I wish to sail into your port, I am your sailor
Quietly, I drop my weight into your sea, I drop my anchor') and the refrain 'I realize now you're not to be blamed my love
You didn't choose your name my love
You never crossed the seven seas' has an almost Smithian quality - us against the world, the love that dare not speak it's name
I love this beautiful song! On an analytical note I think there is a certain homoerotic tone to this song - specifically how she takes the more masculine role in the beginning ('I wish to sail into your port, I am your sailor Quietly, I drop my weight into your sea, I drop my anchor') and the refrain 'I realize now you're not to be blamed my love You didn't choose your name my love You never crossed the seven seas' has an almost Smithian quality - us against the world, the love that dare not speak it's name