Explorers

Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin Reaching for the Beaufort Sea Tracing one warm line Through a land so wild and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea Westward from the Davis Strait 'Tis there 'twas said to lie The sea route to the Orient For which so many died Seeking gold and glory, Leaving weathered, broken bones And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin Reaching for the Beaufort Sea Tracing one warm line Through a land so wild and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea Three centuries thereafter I take passage overland In the footsteps of brave Kelso Where his "sea of flowers" began Watching cities rise before me Then behind me sink again This tardiest explorer Driving hard across the plain Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin Reaching for the Beaufort Sea Tracing one warm line Through a land so wild and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea And through the night, behind the wheel The mileage clicking west I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson and the rest Who cracked the mountain ramparts And did show a path for me To race the roaring Fraser to the sea Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin Reaching for the Beaufort Sea Tracing one warm line Through a land so wild and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea How then am I so different From the first men through this way? Like them, I left a settled life I threw it all away To seek a Northwest Passage At the call of many men To find there but the road back home again Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin Reaching for the Beaufort Sea Tracing one warm line Through a land so wild and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Nov 09, 2025

You're a living sin You're the harlequin in a one-act play And you've given up Even though you can't say why So your hero died back in 69 Well that's no excuse To go lose yourself in a FM headphone high It's a heartless world It's a heartless world Have you had enough? Are you going back to that crazy place? Are you listening? Am I talking to myself? Well it's sad to say But i'ts just that way And it'll never change, never change Have you won or lost? You know it's hard to tell It's a heartless world It's a heartless world And some room to breathe May be all you need To get on your feet And the time to step outside And see the sky Oo, no, no, no, It's a heartless world It's a heartless world Will you control me Will you please hold me Don't let me show my vicious side If you disown me If you've outgrown me I'll change my name And say goodbye

Submitted by NecroGod — Nov 09, 2025