Captain Ulysses - Abney Park

Captain Ulysses stood on the shore

Exhausted, and angry, and spent

The sea had recently taken his ship

It was salty, and bloody, and bent

Each wave struck him as he angrily yelled

And he swung his fists at the sea

Relentlessly battered, and turned, and drenched him

And knocked him down to his knees!

«I've fought against you nearly all of my life,»

«And the battle has wearied my soul,»

But the sea pulled back, for one final hit

Then it struck him, and swallowed him whole!

Fighting the ocean, the turbulent motion

Was pointless as oceans transform

Breaking and crashing, consuming and bashing

Change or you’ll lose to the storm

Each wave struck him as he yelled…

And he swung his fists at the sea

Relentlessly battered, and turned, and drenched him

And knocked him down to his knees!

«I've fought against you nearly all of my life,»

«And the battle has wearied my soul,»

But the sea pulled back, for one final hit

Then it struck him, and swallowed him whole!

Fighting the ocean, the turbulent motion

Was pointless as oceans transform

Breaking and crashing, consuming and bashing

Change or you’ll lose to the storm

Fighting the ocean, the turbulent motion

Was pointless, and useless, it mocked his devotion

For oceans and currents will ebb and will always transform!

Breaking and crashing, consuming and bashing

Destroying direction, invoking rejection

Change and transform or you always will lose to the storm!