Who are you warlike men
Wearing grey armor that is stained by rust?
Breaking the ocean surge

Warden of deserted shores

Stands on his abandoned coast

Leading troops over the sea
None of them have landed yet
One last sleep 'till the end


Mother ocean, spread your arms around me
Mother ocean, let your children come towards me

Under my lonely sky
He is no common man
And when the raven died

I stared into his cold eyes
I saw it all unfold
And saw what this life was about


Beneath my wings my brothers lie
When the fierce winds hurtle by

On either side and beneath my breast
Our sons have known no other rest


Old mighty father, lead us far
With hope and songs of love and war
Over the black sea and white foam

From here their children will find home
Remember days from long ago
Slowly we wander to and fro

But now dead winds that blur the light
Pierce deep our feathers thin and light