Hymn for the Crossing - Amy Speace

Don’t need a golden box for my bones

Don’t need your weeping and wailing

Dont need my name carved into stone

Just sing me a hymn for the crossing

Don’t speak of nights darkened by regret

Don’t speak of today’s light fading

Don’t speak at all just sit here by my bed

And sing me a hymn for the crossing

The many miles we have roamed

Each one a mark upon our bones

In the end we leave alone

So until then, just sing me home

Don’t fight the storm, the sorrow of the sea

Don’t be afraid when it’s raging

Don’t fight the waves

Let them rock me off to sleep

While you sing me a hymn for the crossing

(CHORUS)

Farewell my friends, although I’d love to stay

Can’t keep the Old Man waiting

When he calls for you I’ll be at the gate

To sing you a hymn for the crossing

I’ll sing you a hymn for the crossing