WRECK OF THE HESPERUS

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Song Title
WRECK OF THE HESPERUS
Writers
Reid, Fisher
Publisher
ESSEX MUSIC INTERNATIONAL, INC. (ASCAP)
Co-Publisher
Non-TRO Affiliate
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
US AND CANADA
Themes/Keywords
Boat, Burn, coffin, Fire, Grace, Hand, Hope, Lost, sea, Ship, Stormy, Trouble, Wave
Lyrics
We’ll hoist a hand, becalmed upon a troubled sea,
“Make haste to your funeral,” cries the Valkyrie.
We’ll hoist a hand or drown amidst this stormy sea,
“Here lies a coffin,” cries the cemetery, it calls to me.
And all for nothing quite in vain was hope forever tossed,
No thoughts explained, no moments gained, all hope forever lost.
One moment’s space, one moment’s final fall from grace,
Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire.

We’ll hoist a hand, becalmed upon a troubled sea,
I fear a mighty wave is threatening me.
We’ll hoist a hand, or drown amidst this stormy sea.
“Come follow after”, cry the humble. “You will surely see…”
But still for nothing, quite in vain was hope forever tossed,
No moments gained, no thoughts explained, all hope forever lost,
One moment’s space, one moment’s final fall from grace,
Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire.

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