The Lonely Sea

The sun sets below the foam of the ocean

And the shore is fast asleep

I stood on the mountain and sang

When my verses hit the water they were already dead

I know where the sun sleeps at night

Down in the lonely sea

I know where the sun hides at night

Up a tall spruce-tree

The song vanished behind the pine-trees

And the dusk cried it away

Below the depths of the ever storming sea

My song of something that will never return

I know where the sun sleeps at night

Down in the lonely sea

I know where the sun hides at night

Up a tall spruce-tree

Struck by your words like stones

The grief comes like winters cold, cutting breath

I want to turn the sun and the moon from their paths

And press the countless stars in my fist

I shall curse this world

Turn back the sun

Turn back the moon

I shall curse this world

Turn back the day

Turn back the night

And when I have trampled it all underfoot

Smiling I'll turn my back on life

I know where

I'll sleep tonight

Down in the lonely sea

And when the dawn has blown upon its fire

I'll rest deep below the depressing sea.