1983

Hooray, I awake from yesterday

Alive, but the war was here to stay

And so, my love Catharina and me

Decide to take a last walk

Through the noise to the sea

Not to die, but to be reborn

Away from the land so battered and torn

Forever, aahh, forever

Oh, say, can you see, it's really such a mess

Every inch of earth is a fighting mess

Giant pencil and lipstick-tube shaped things

Continue to rain, and they cause screaming pain

And the artist stains from silver blue to bloody red

As the big fine sandy sea

Is straight ahead, straight ahead

Well, it's too bad that our friends

Can't be with us today

Well, it's too bad

The machine that we built

Will never save us, that's what they say

(That's why they ain't with us today)

And they say that it's impossible

For man to live and breathe underwater forever

Was a main complaint

(And they also threw this in my face)

They say anyway, it would be, it will be

Beyond the will of God and the grace of the king

Of the king

So, my darling and I make love

In the sand to salute the last part

Of our journey's end

Our machine has done its part of work

With a scratch of the bottle, and we bid it farewell

Giant stars and moonbeams greet us with a smile

Before we get going we take a last look

And they didn't know us

While the artists die, the artists die, artists die...

So down and down and down and down

And down and down we go

Hurry, my darling, we mustn't be late for the show

Neptune champion game to an aqua world

That's so very near

Right this way smiles have earned me

I can hear that man is full of cheer

That man is full of cheer

I can hear that man is full of cheer

I can hear that man is full of cheer

I can hear that man is full of cheer