Oisin, My Bastard Brother

Out hunting on the beach at dawn Your arrow struck a magic fawn Wonder and surprise When it changed before your eyes Oh, my! Words transformed your skin and bones As she described her secret throne This daughter of the sea Oh, but you went willingly Yes, it's true Her shipwreck eyes, her deep-sea gaze Stirred up desire, churned up the waves White horses, foaming steeds Brought you down through the deep Oisin, my bastard brother Stay awhile, let's have another Years go by, your mother cries, "Gone, he's gone, my precious son!" Your father thins into the air Your friends keep watch but then they despair In hallowed halls in darkest ocean You lived perfection in slow motion Centuries went by Till one day you woke and cried, "It's been too long!" She let you go, she brought you home To discover you were now alone In a place you could not recognize 'Cause everyone had died What a shame The missing years came in to claim Your stretched out soul, your human frame You wandered old and mad Then you withered on the sand Oisin, my bastard brother It's not too late, let's have another Your story pains me as I dream Of people I have known Of places I have been Please join me for a toast, a drink We're brothers you and I, I think