The Talisman

[Intro] |Dm7  |C  | 2x [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 harbour side                         Am    Asus4 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 judgements selfish men Never to be seen on these shores again As we sail into ocean size And lose sight of land Face of contentment around in the air We’re off now to seek all our fortunes To the land of  our  dreams [Instrumental] |   /  |       | [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 approa-ching None could imagine what there was to come [Verse 4] 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 5] 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 condi--tions The spirits of the sunken crews Their phantoms follow us [Verse 6] Spirits sails they drive us on Through the all-consuming waves Cold mortality no weapon Against these ever raging seas [Instrumental] |      |     |     |      | [Verse 7] 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 save [Verse 8] Holding on for our dear lives And we’re praying once again Rotten luck or just jonahed? The talisman is in my hand [Instrumental] |     |      | 2x |     |      | 4x [Verse 9] 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 [Instrumental] |     |      | 4x [Chorus] West--ward the tide    West--ward we sail on West--ward the tide    Sail by the talisman   [Instrumental] |E5     G5  | 8x [Solo] |       |         | 4x |      | [Instrumental] |  |  |  |  | 2x |      | [Verse 10] 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 [Instrumental] |     |      | 2x |     |      | 4x [Verse 11] 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] West--ward the tide    West--ward we sail on West--ward the tide    Sail by the talisman   West--ward the tide    West--ward we sail on West--ward the tide    Sail by the talisman   [Outro] |  |  |  |