Tide Remembers Me

Verse 1

They say my age is over

They say the ships are gone

The villages are silent

The old roads overgrown

My shield hangs by the doorway

My sword has gathered dust

But sometimes in the evening

I still can smell the rust

Pre-Chorus

I remember distant countries

The salt upon my skin

The laughter of my brothers

Before the wars began

Chorus

I am the last Viking

Watching seasons turn

I've seen kingdoms disappear

And watched their cities burn

I don't ask for glory

I don't fear the end

I only wish to hear the sea

And see my ship again

Verse 2

Now children hear our stories

And wonder if they're true

They see an old man sitting

They never knew the view

Pre-Chorus

So take me to the shoreline

Let me feel the spray

Leave me there until the sun

Has carried me away

Chorus

I am the last Viking

Watching seasons turn

I've seen kingdoms disappear

And watched their cities burn

I don't ask for glory

I don't fear the end

I only wish to hear the sea

And see my ship again

Bridge

No horns need sound above me

No monument of stone

The ocean was my kingdom

The horizon was my home

I am the last Viking

The tide remembers me

Every scar upon these hands

Belongs to history

Chorus

And when the final sunset

Turns the northern water gold

I'll hear my brothers calling

Like they did when we were young

Push the boat toward open water

Let the current take me home

The last Viking is leaving

But he will not sail alone