The Giant (Original Session)

At the edge of this coast we'd seen dramas before

But this was a different affair

A thirty foot giant hard on the rocks

Lay thrashing in the waves in despair

Blood on the water said much of his plight

For all the great power of its limbs

It struggled and spouted in anger and fear

With the churning swell of its fins

So the curious came in their curious ways

And the common mood was concern

And all of us ached for the king of the deep

And the wheels were beginning to turn

Ingenious minds engaged in the task

Voices would quickly relate

That ropes and tackles seemed little enough

For a chance of a miracle made

Now the monster was harnessed with courage and skill

And the heaving invention began

In a moment of triumph I offered my praise

For the might of every strong man

There were those who can kill with no hint of remorse

Those who detest and deprave

But there on the edge of the wave-torn rocks

There were those with the power to save

Now blood on the water is quickly dispersed

But the memory it never is gone

For the spouting giant, the king of the deep

And the might of a hundred men strong

Go safely my friend, relay to your kin

It was man who delivered you free

And tell them that some have good in their hearts

As deep as a bottomless sea