Asking the Sails on the River at Dusk

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Evening rain washes the river chill

High in a tower, I borrow the wind to find my homeland

Is the person by the window still as they once were

Mistaking every little boat for the hope I await

[Pre-Chorus]

Here I am, counting the distant sails

You wait over there for the sound of the door knocker

[Chorus]

Which little boat is sailing back toward you

Which gust of wind can carry my thoughts ashore

I hide my date of return beside the letter whose ink is still wet

Unwilling to lie in a single word or line

Which little boat is sailing back toward you

May those who wait feel a little less cold tonight

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

The lights among the passes and rivers go dark one by one

The flowers of old have changed color in the rain

Yet the river has never stopped its footsteps

As though a road within my heart is always leading toward you

[Pre-Chorus]

Here I am, counting the distant sails

You wait over there for the sound of the door knocker

[Chorus]

Which little boat is sailing back toward you

Which gust of wind can carry my thoughts ashore

I hide my date of return beside the letter whose ink is still wet

Unwilling to lie in a single word or line

Which little boat is sailing back toward you

May those who wait feel a little less cold tonight

[Bridge]

I will not write longing as merely a sigh

And leave a little real hope for meeting again

When my travel bag is finally lighter than the evening breeze

I will slowly tell you all about these years

[Final Chorus]

Which little boat is sailing back toward you

Which gust of wind can carry my thoughts ashore

I hide my date of return beside the letter whose ink is still wet

Unwilling to lie in a single word or line

Which little boat is sailing back toward you

May those who wait feel a little less cold tonight

[Outro]

Please keep a river-facing window for me

One day that sail will be the answer