Lyric discussion by baby smacks 

this songs makes me stop crying.

I can't believe not a single person actually got the meaning of this song right but its apparent that everyone here lived on the right side of the tracks their entire lives so I can understand being ignorant to its true meaning. Its about heroin use or ODing to be exact. Its a great song but yeah thats what it means when they say A gathering of angels appeared above my head, they sang this song of hope to me and this is what they said, Come sail away...because back then Heroin ODing was common back then shit even Janis...

@baby smacks Interestingly and different from you, it makes me begin crying because I am studying in a maritime faculty in order to be a master on merchant ships so I am able to understand the straight and direct meaning of this song. A seaman spends his life at sea to make money for those he loves and cares, in the doing of it, all he feels is explained in an emotional way in this song.

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