Oh Proteus - A Prayer

All is broken

our ship is sunk in the deep forever

all lost and gone

Men crowd the boats frail upon the churning seas

Such a proud vessel, lost and gone

in the deep forever

Now the sun is gone and we are lost in the fog -

directionless, alone

Oh, Proteus - old man of the sea

oh, Proteus - I give my soul to Thee

Oh my mates, what are the odds

we shall ever reach our homeland?

What will become of us now?

Oh, how I wish I knew

if sun will still shine, and will keep us in heat and life

or if darkness it will freeze us and the open sea -

our paradise - become nightmare hellish Limbo,

and turn into the bane of our lives

A desert of torment, an ocean of thirst and madness

oh, we must row - put your weight on the oars

oh, we must pull as if everything depended on it

let us sing a song while we bend to the task

let us set the course by the stars and let us row

and save our lives

with our bare hands, there is no choice -

no easy way to cheat Fate and survive this

we must take charge and find our own way out