A Salty Dog – The Wreck Of The Hesperus

We`ll hoist a hand, becalmed upon a troubled sea

`Make haste to your funeral,` cries the Valkyrie

We`ll hoist a hand or drown amidst this stormy sea

`Here lies a coffin,` cries the cemetery, it calls to me

And all for nothing quite in vain was hope forever tossed

No thoughts explained, no moments gained, all hope forever lost

One moment`s space, one moment`s final fall from grace

Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire

We`ll hoist a hand, becalmed upon a troubled sea

I fear a mighty wave is threatening me

We`ll hoist a hand, or drown amidst this stormy sea

`Come follow after,` cry the humble, `You will surely see …`

But still for nothing quite in vain was hope forever tossed

No moments gained, no thoughts explained, all hope forever lost

One moment`s space, one moment`s final fall from grace

Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire