I fell asleep on a dark and starlit sea With nothing but the cloak of God´s mercy over me I come upon strange earth and a great black cave I dreamt I awoke as if buried in my grave
We´ve been swallowed up[x2] Disappeared from this world We´ve been swallowed up
The bones of sailors from the north and sailors from the east Lay high in a pyre in the belly of a beast A beast should you wander in its path upon your ship and your flesh he´ll sup You´ll disappear from this world until you´ve been swallowed up
We trusted our skills and our good sails Our faith that with God the righteous in this world prevail