A Challenge (The Wanderer)

The Skids

I
The wanderer  told me
Of galleon shores
	how mystery beckons
	while fire lights close
He spoke of danger in unholy men
The eye of the lion who looks over men

	I've never seen anything
	I've wanted to sail
	Give unto me, a challenge

II
The wanderer left me
Excited by need
	To run from the mountains
	and take to the shores
He swore an oath
To journey afar
	holding his head high
	drenched in fatigue

III
I watched from a distance
The manner of his way
	and fought for a reason
	to which I could remain
I gathered the soil
The fodder of my feed
	and ran from the mountains
	the honeycombe of seed.


	I've never seen anything
	I've wanted to sail
	Give unto me, a challenge
			hi ho.

IV
I took to the ocean
Affection of the sea
	the roaring of winds
	the blessing of my plead
Gales held a warning
Of what lay ahead
	the signs of a strange land
	those mysteries of sea

V
I braved through the storm
Resolute in fright
	and leapt at the landing
	no caution in sight
A fire on the sea shore
Defiant to the last
	desire took control
	the famine and the fast

	I've never seen anything
	I've wanted to sail
	Give unto me, a challenge
			hi ho.

VI
I seen in the distance
The wanderer so bold
	the might and the standing
	a journey for the true
I boasted of my glory
An action of the brave
	he laughed and he shunned
	and turning with disdain

	I've never seen anything
	I've wanted to sail
	Give unto me, a challenge
			hi ho.

VII
The parasite within me
Drowned among the flak
	releasing my bravado
	the stunt of my attack
The wanderer soon left me
Alone, the sunken plume
	widower of a mountain
	so sullen and so soon

	I've never seen anything
	I've wanted to sail
	Give unto me, a challenge
VIII
I dreamed of a mountain
High above the sea
	the guardian of beauty
	custodian of free
Take me home, I'm weary
Sentinel of sea.
	The danger of a journey
	oh sea, the sea, I see.

	I've never seen anything
	I've wanted to sail
	Give unto me, a challenge
			hi ho.