1. Below The Sun
I turn my body from the sun
To follow the fading phantom into the deep
All collapsed
And the great shroud of the sea
Rolled on as it rolled thousands of years ago
Your malice is my vengeance
Pull me, into deep
My body – drowned
But my hate is immortal
Dark and silent
Deeper, darker
Below the surface
Below the sun
Ghost of the sea
I am God's assassin
My lifeless eyes
My tortured soul
I grin at the ocean, thou grinning whale
Dark and silent... deep
My body – drowned
But my hate is immortal
Ghost of the sea
I am God's assassin
My lifeless eyes
Deep
2. The Pacific
Oh, ye great mysterious –Thousand leagues of blue
No one knows which mysteries are hidden
Beneath your surface
Your awful stirrings seem to speak of some
hidden soul beneath
The waves rise and fall
Millions of mixed shades and shadows
Lie dreaming and silent
All what we call lives and souls
Lie dreaming... Silent... Dreaming...
All what we call lives and souls
The ever rolling waves
Restless one
All what we call lives and souls
Lie dreaming
Oh, restless one
Your tide, the beating beast of earth
Oh, ye great mysterious shepherd of waves
Offer me your secrets
So he shall spout thick blood"
3. Old Thunder
[Ahab:]
Look sharp, marines!
Dead whale or sunk boat!
Hunt him 'til he spouts black blood
And rolls fin up!
Old Thunder ye once was called,
Fulfill the prophecy
All but one shall be entombed
In the deep gulf of doom
Beware the white demon
Beware the blasphemous end
([Ahab:]
I am Ahab!
I am the prophet and the fulfiller!
Who's over me?
So be it!)
4. Ahab's Oath
Now three to three ye stand
Commend the murderous chalices!
Bestow them, ye who now are made parties to this indissoluble league
Drink ye harpooners
Drink and swear ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow
Death to Moby Dick
God hunt us all, if we do not hunt Moby Dick to his death
5. The Hunt
Flat and silent the ocean lies
Pequod's captured in a lull
No gentle breeze blows in the sails
Heated by a salty carpet from above
The crew's emaciated, survival tough
Giant billows bear a mighty whiteness
Screams from the lookout: Whale ahead!
I want this whale, I want it dead!
Hysteria on upper deck
Rabid flames in Ahab's eyes
Hustle and bustle, drag and pull
Panic affects the whaler's moves
Fire!
The harpoon slashes the water's surface
Diving into darkness –the prey escapes
Swallowed by the sea
Starboard lies calm
Portside full of wrath
Possessed by unhuman anger
The heart brawly pumps the blood
Through the marionette of rage
Ahab's visage runs red
I want this whale, I want it dead
A fin erupts from the abyss
Proudly undulates the flesh
Reaches bright horizons Inviolable, manorial
An arrow loosens...
and spirit's away."