The Ghost on the Shore

I'm just a man, but I know that I'm damned

All the dead seem to know where I am

The tale that began on the night of my birth

Will be done in a turn of the earth

Lie where I land, let my bones turn to sand

I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave it

Every eye on the coast ever more

Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore

Under the waves and the earth of an age

Lie a thousand old northerners' graves

Deep in the night when the moon's glowing bright

They come rising up into the night

Die if I must, let my bones turn to dust

I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it

All who sail off the coast ever more

Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore

I'm going away for a long time

I'm going away for a long time

Lie where I land, let my bones turn to sand

I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave it

Every eye on the coast ever more

Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore

Die if I must, let my bones turn to dust

I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it

All who sail off the coast ever more

Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore

I'm going away for a long time