Missy Higgins Oh Canada with subtitles

Lyrics

He was carried from the water by a solider

And the picture screams a thousand different words

He was running from the terror with his father

Who once believed that nothing could be worse

So he'd handed a man two thousand precious dollars

The way you'd rest a bird in a lion's open jaw

And he told his boys that Canada was waiting

That There was hope upon her golden shores

But at night he said a quiet prayer into the wind

Oh Canada, if you can hear me now

Won't you open up your arms towards the sea?

Oh Canada, if you can help me out

All I ever wanted was a safe place for my family

Well the days were long but the nights were even longer

And the baby boys never left their mothers' side

But the boat was small and the waves were getting stronger

And they began to fear they'd not survive

So the father said "We gotta hold each other tighter

I'm not losing everything I've loved tonight

And we've come so far I know that out there somewhere

There's a place where we'll not fear for our lives"

But as he held onto the side of the boat he looked up at the sky

Oh Canada, if you can hear me now

Won't you open up your arms towards the sea

Oh Canada, if you can help me out

The sea is turning and I think we're going down

Oh Canada, if you can hear me now

Won't you open up your heart towards me

Oh Anyone, please help me out

All we ever wanted was a safe place for our family

There's a million ways to justify your fear

There's a million ways to measure out your words

But the body of Alan being laid upon the sand

Tell me how do you live with that?