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Who are you warlike men |
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Wearing grey armour that is stained by rust? |
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Breaking the ocean surge |
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Warden of deserted shores |
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Stands on his abandoned coast |
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Leading troops over the sea |
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None of them have landed yet |
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One last sleep 'till the end |
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Mother ocean, spread your arms around me |
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Mother ocean, let your children come towards me |
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Under my lonely sky |
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He is no common man |
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And when the raven died |
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I stared into his cold eyes |
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I saw it all unfold |
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And saw what this life was about |
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Beneath my wings my brothers lie |
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When the fierce winds hurtle by |
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On either side and 'neath my breast |
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Our sons have known no other rest |
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[William Sharp] |
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O' mighty father, lead us far |
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With hope and songs of love and war |
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Over the black sea and white foam |
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From here their children will find home |
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Remember days from long ago |
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Slowly we wander to and fro |
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But now dead winds that blur the light |
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Pierce deep our feathers thin and light |