The shadow of innocence gone 
A childhood lost in the waves 
For all time 
 
While pouring over volumes I lay 
Like curses that echo the sea 
Without rhyme 
 
Fortunes are drowned 
Swallowed up by the sea 
Shackled in time 
Never known, never seen 
 
The battles are brimming below 
The gallons of emptiness found 
In the waves 
 
A circling vortex of time 
One thousand and more men are drowned 
In their graves 
 
Echoes of pride 
Swallowed up by the sea 
Shackled in time 
Never lost, never seen 
 
This body is crooked and old 
But doubtless I'll live and I'll die 
By the sea 
 
I'm wizened and tired and cold 
But fire still burns in my mind 
You can see 
 
Fortunes are found 
Now revealed by degree 
Shackled in time 
Now I'm lost with the sea