Lay down    your sweet and weary head    Night has fallen    you have come to journey's end    Sleep now    and dream of the ones who came before    They are calling    from across a distant shore       Why do you weep?    What are these tears upon your face?    Soon you will see    all of your fears will pass away,    safe in my arms    you're only sleeping.       What can you see    on the horizon?    Why do the white gulls call?    Across the sea    a pale moon rises -    The ships have come to carry you home.       And all will turn    to silver glass    A light on the water    All souls pass       Hope fades    into the world of night    through shadows falling    out of memory and time    Don't say    We have come now to the end    White shores are calling    you and I will meet again.       And you'll be here in my arms    Just sleeping       What can can you see    on the horizon?    Why do the white gulls call?    Across the sea    a pale moon rises -    The ships have come to carry you home.       And all will turn    to silver glass    A light on the water    Grey ships pass    Into the west