The start of a journey

Beginning of the reel

Struggling from the ground

Emiting a jubilant sound

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Swirling above the waves

Seeking salvation from

The worries and concerns

Of lessons barely learned

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In the night air

Of overburdened northern seas

Where history has drowned

And doomed many sailors

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Where the plentiful shoals

Have been diminished

And souls brave and fearful

Been lost to the deep

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Our well converted ship

Rolls across the waves

With only a sailor’s regard

To the functions of the past

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When battles were in mind

And the hold designed

For arseneled journeys

Now it is a ship of peace

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Ahead the cities of the North

The waterways, places, walks

The legacies of labour forced

The cafe faces newly met

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Meeting the future from the past

The bridge of the present

Platform for a new and stunning

Direction to the midnight…