The Night Is an Ocean

Oh, little darling Please let it be I can be quiet if you want to sleep I will say nothing, nothing I will say nothing, nothing at all Oh, little darling Please let it be I won't speak of the things you dream I will say nothing I will say nothing, nothing at all Summer arrived while you were asleep The days are sweet and sun-fading I want for nothing The night is a blanket seamed with teeth I don't know why it seems so sweet It might be nothing It might be nothing, nothing But autumn arrived while I was asleep The leaves are collecting in our street I can do nothing, nothing I can do nothing, nothing And just when I find the words to speak The night turns cold and I turn weak So I say nothing So I say nothing And just when you start to fall asleep You wake me up and touch my cheek And I need nothing And I need nothing And I need nothing, nothing, but that The night is an ocean, the stars are its fleet They sail to the sun and reel in defeat They fade to nothing They fade to nothing, nothing at all Oh, little darling, stubborn and sweet Can't figure out what all of this means I would say nothing, nothing I would say nothing, nothing at all