Procol Harum Lyrics

Album: A Salty Dog

The Wreck Of The Hesperus Lyrics

(Fisher / Reid)

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