It is written as an exchange of letters between a man and a woman who has sailed away.
The words
A lover offers gifts across the ocean and slowly realizes the one who left is not coming back.
The song is a conversation between two lovers, one of whom has sailed across the sea. She keeps offering to send him a gift from abroad, and he keeps saying he wants nothing but her safe return. Then a letter arrives saying she cannot tell when she will be back, and he understands she is gone for good, and only then does he ask for a gift, a pair of Spanish leather boots. It is quiet and restrained, carried by gentle finger-picked guitar.
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The words
A lover offers gifts across the ocean and slowly realizes the one who left is not coming back.
The song is a conversation between two lovers, one of whom has sailed across the sea. She keeps offering to send him a gift from abroad, and he keeps saying he wants nothing but her safe return. Then a letter arrives saying she cannot tell when she will be back, and he understands she is gone for good, and only then does he ask for a gift, a pair of Spanish leather boots. It is quiet and restrained, carried by gentle finger-picked guitar.
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