LEARN LYRICS

My royal child wanted to set sail

To sail across the sea

She played with the waves

The waves rocked along

Their dreams began to float

Seagulls on the wind

I thought of youth and striving

My young royal child

I'd build castles

Of sand and hubris

And laugh at the tame

Who only do what's needed

Filled with mockery

For those who keep standing on the dikes

My royal child wanted to set sail

To sail across the sea

The waves grew wilder

The storm wind howled along

Time scours through the days

I stare my eyes blind

My dreams start to fade

Poor royal child

I'd calm the storms

With islands of peace

What do I care for gestures

I don't even know I make

Filled with contempt

For those who keep standing on the dikes

My royal child has sunk

In the deepest of the sea

I weep my sorrow drunk

My dreams sank along

She'd given meaning

A taste to wine and bread

A meaning to all my life

My royal child is dead

I'd let the earth rot

The water turns to vinegar

Palaces turn to caves

The polders become desert

Filled with bitterness

For those who stay on the dike

My royal child wanted to set sail

To sail across the sea

If you walk along the beach

Find her dull eyes

Never forget she doesn't exist

My dead royal child

I do what many did

I still take wine and bread

And grin a bit about the past

My royal child is dead

I hide my bitter beard

From those who stay on the dike