Transfixus

Transfixus, sed non mortuus

The swan with an arrow struck through

Translated "Pierced but not dead"

A line I was born into

This distant troubled history

Of ancestors that I never knew

But stricken with the same thorn

That opened up the same wound

While I still have some life left

Bring it to life

Where the journey up to death

Is worth the strife

Where I find you

Raised in battle to clanging swords

So I unsheathed the same affliction

I put on this coat of arms

Of a shield in contradiction

While I still have some life left

Bring it to life

Where the journey up to death

Is worth the strife

Where I find you