The Last of the Vikings
My home's on the ocean
Where I go she will carry me
Free, ever free when I'm at sea
'Neath mast and yard I live and dream
We're the last of the Vikings
On a fair summer's morning
There under the mountains high
Everyone gave their goodbye
Leaving fjord and folks behind
We'll sail with the tide
Like seagulls will fly
We're the last of the Vikings
We're the last of the Vikings
The wind, he is our master
He'll break us or let us float
In a fervent struggle for our boat
We stand as one, we don't lose hope
We'll sail with the tide
Like seagulls will fly
We're the last of the Vikings
Lost out there in the distance
Where ocean and heaven blend
In a mist of blue and violet
There's a land no man's laid eyes on yet
We'll sail with the tide
Like seagulls will fly
We're the last of the Vikings
We're the last of the Vikings
The last of the Vikings
The last of the Vikings
Worked on:
2001
Mr. Slow
You know, I've waited all my life, my friend
Even though the story has no end
All your friends they call you Mr. Slow
Is that right?
Is it right?
If I could dream my life each day, I would
Never tried to learn, just understood
That your life goes faster if you're slow
Is it right?
It's our plight.
I'm watching my life fade away
Each second lasts more than each day
I have said all I know, all I want, to say
I only want to know what I can see
In the other world waiting to be
There's a password just for Mr. Slow
It's all right.
It's all right.
I'm watching my life fade away
If only you'd come home to stay
There is just nowhere for people to go
Where is the time Mr. Slow?
I'm searching for time I once had
Each second lasts more than a day
I have said all I know, all I want, to say.
Worked on:
2008
Union Silver
Look at her my friends say, pointing down the road
You can tell by how she looks she wears a heavy load
So we stood and watched her, didn't say a word
But she must have read our thoughts,
For this is what we heard
Union Silver has taken my whole life
From my tears to the sixty years of wearing brown
Lord have mercy on me
It's been so hard for me
Fading hopes fall once more on the ground
Union Silver is gone before its made
And I can feel my shoes won't wear the winter cold
Can you tell me my friend,
where it's all gonna to end?
Cause Union Silver doesn't want to know
Oh Lord oh.
Then we walked on by her, leaving her alone
Not a word was spoken as we made our way back home
Till this day I see her, see her standing there
A mining town, a miners wife,
With coal dust in her hair
Union Silver has taken my whole life
From my tears to the sixty years of wearing brown
Lord have mercy on me
Life's been so hard on me
Fading hopes fall once more underground
Union Silver is gone before its made
And I can feel my shoes won't wear the winter cold
Can you tell me my friend,
where it's all gonna to end?
Cause Union Silver doesn't want to know
Oh Lord no
Union Silver
Worked on:
2013
Helen And Cassandra
According to the myths and legends
At the fringes of our memory
Paris stole the queen of Sparta
And carried her across the sea
As they fled he never dreamt
That he held their fate all the more
Helen, one thousand ships sailing to war
Helen, one thousand ships sailing to war
From Mycenae comes Agamemnon
And the Greeks of the city-states
Laden with their bronzen weapons
They're waiting at the Trojan Gates
As the arrow flies and Achilles falls
She stays hidden behind the door
Helen, one thousand ships sailing to war
Helen, one thousand ships sailing to war
It's funny how the story lingers
It's probably a myth of course
A whisper in the ear of Homer
Perhaps there never was a horse
She could have turned the head of Paris
With nothing more than a call for
Helen, one thousand ships sailing to war
Oh Cassandra, what did you know?
You who bring bad news wherever you go
You had the gift to see the future
From Apollo so it's told
And he made no one believe you
For you turned away so cold
Oh Cassandra, what did you see?
As you walked the lonely road of your certainty
Gazing at the ruined city
That your warnings could not save
Oh Cassandra, so still and so grave
Cassandra
The Bronze Age kingdoms tumble
The cities fade one by one
The walls of Mycenae crumble
The Dark Age has begun
And the truth is lost in the ancient dust
But the memory will ever persist
Of Helen, the face that launched a thousand ships
Helen, the face that launched a thousand ships
Worked on:
January 27, 2018
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