Текст песни
I was born where the fjords kiss the sky
Where the frost writes its runes on the glass
But the hearth-fire grew dim in my eye
I traded the roof for the grass
Now the map is a liar, the compass a ghost
Every road is a circle I trace
I have dined with the kings of the coast
And slept in the devil's embrace
Oh, the lanterns of home flicker faint and far
But the North Star has burned out its claim
I follow the gull and the wreck of a star
There is no one to carry my name
Ride the Odyssian tide!
Where the waves have no memory of shore
Let the sirens sing lies at my side
I have heard them a thousand times more
For the wanderer's curse is not distance
It's the moment you stop and belong
So I'll trade every prayer for existence
This eternal, unending song
I have walked through the ash of old Rome
Seen the pyramids drown in the sand
I have carved my name into the foam
Only to watch it unhand
Every city is built on a grave
Every lover a lesson in rust
What I search for, I already gave
To the wind, to the rain, to the dust
Oh, the beacon that promised to guide me back home
It was lit by the hand of the sea
And the shell that I hold to my ear is a drone
Of the void that keeps calling to me
Ride the Odyssian tide!
Where the waves have no memory of shore
Let the sirens sing lies at my side
I have heard them a thousand times more
For the wanderer's curse is not distance
It's the moment you stop and belong
So I'll trade every prayer for existence
This eternal, unending song
What if home was the wheel of the stars?
What if rest is the myth we outgrow?
I have kissed every scar on this earth
And I still have no place to go
But the night is a friend, not a foe
And the gale is the choir I know
Let the anchor rust deep in the bay
I am sail, I am storm, I am sway
Ride the Odyssian tide!
Where the waves have no memory of shore!
Let the sirens sing lies at my side
I have heard them a thousand times more!
For the wanderer's curse is not distance
It's the grace to keep losing your way!
So I'll burn every map to cinders
And call the horizon my grave
My grave— My eternal, unending-Song
