[Verse 1]
When I stand and look about the port and contemplate my life
Will I ever see my countrymen again?
As the captain calls us on the deck, I take my things and walk
To the harbourside I glance back one last time
[Verse 2]
Fleeing our nation, our problems we leave behind
Ships by the tenfold, sail out on the tide
We are pleased to be out and embracing the open sea
Free from our troubles and more free from thee
Inheritors unfulfilled reason behind us
We flee from what is not, what is will be
We flee the earth and face our harsh reality
Will death be low mist that hangs on the sea?
We run from evil tongues, rash judgments, selfish men
Never to be seen on these shores again
As we sail into ocean size and lose sight of land
A face of contentment around in the air
We're off now to seek all our fortunes to the land of our dreams
[Verse 3]
Riding the waves and the storm is upon us
The winds lash the sails but the ropes keep them tight
Off in the distance, a dark cloud approaching
None could imagine what there was to come
No, there's no one going back, no, there's not a second chance
As we strap onto the side, we pray to God that we won't die
[Verse 4]
As we ride the rough seas, as we soak from the ocean waves
I just hope for all our lives and pray that I survive
Four ships are lost in the stormy conditions
The spirits of the sunken crews, their phantoms follow us
Spirits sails, they drive us on, through the all-consuming waves
Cold mortality, no weapon, against these ever-raging seas
[Verse 5]
Four leagues and ten, and we hit storms again
We just can't get away from the eye of the storm
The birds outsoar the raging storm, but we cannot escape it
Abandoned earth that we now crave, is many leagues from safe
Holding on for our dear lives and we're praying once again
Rotten luck or just jonahed? The talisman is in my hand
[Verse 6]
Limbs fatigue, trembling with cold, blinded from the sea spray salt
Clasping anything we can hold, heaven's rain upon us falls
Twenty days without a meal and ten without fresh water still
Those that didn't die in storms, the scurvy rest did slaughter
[Chorus]
Westward, the tide
Westward, we sail on
Westward, the tide
Sail by the talisman
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 7]
We approach the other side of the ocean with the tide
In our favour just for once, welcome greeting our new land
The elation in our hearts, the excitement in our veins
As we sail towards the coastline of our golden promised land
[Verse 8]
Weary limbs fatigued away, I have no life left in me
No more strength, no nothing left to give, must find the will to live
Never thought that we could make it, truly sight of shores divine
The sickness I am dying from, never wanted it to end this way
[Chorus]
Westward, the tide
Westward, we sail on
Westward, the tide
Sail by the talisman
Westward, the tide
Westward, we sail on
Westward, the tide
Sail by the talisman
