Erebus Songtext
von Beehoover

Not here the white north hath thy bones
And thou heroic sailor soul art passing on thy happier voyage now toward no earthly pole
And it grew wondrous cold
Ice came floating by
The drifts and snowy cliffs did send a dismal sheen
Seamen are no enemies when they are swimming
Seamen are no enemies even if the ice is killing
But they walked - they walked
The frost performed his secret ministry on these days in 1848 While the last crew members died in starvation cove after a long
Long march through the desert of ice
The merciless cold wind knived them
The souls did from their bodies fly and the great unreal tiredness catched them
To end their agony when the lids been closed
Some paused in their grave wandering
And turn with profound gesture vague and slow to scrape the flesh from bones of the other men
It stamps over his head but it cannot break his sleep at least
Their tins where soldered with lead