A Quest For Water - Rick Wakeman

The eastern route they had taken

Had come to a dead end

With three days walk back to the fork to find Arne

Saknussemm’s original route, they found their water

Rations were limited to one day

Knowing their only chance of finding water was on

That route, they set off for the fork, and there finally

They fell almost lifeless on the third day

After sleep they continued down the other tunnel in

Their quest for water, and whilst searching on his own

Hans the guide heard the sound of water thundering

Behind a granite wall, and with a pick axe attacked

The wall so as to allow a stream of boiling water to

Enter and cool in their tunnel

Not only had they found life in the water

But they had also found a flowing guide to the

Centre of the earth

They called the stream The Hansbach