歌曲名 The Horizon

歌手名 BZN

作词：Cees Tol/Johannes C.H.M. Tuijp

作曲：Thomas Tol

Last night about 100 kilometers

Off the South African coast

The sailing ship The Horizon

With 60 crewmen on board

Ran into difficulties and eventually sank

So far only 5 survivors have been rescued

By a passing vessel

And the other crewmen are feared lost

One of the survivors gave this account:

In the dark

The captain suddenly observed breakers ahead

He managed to shout

That the helm should be turned hard over

But it was already too late

With a great noise The Horizon struck a reef

The enormous shock caused the main topmast

To topple over

The rudder slipped out of its braces

And the tiller broke off

From one moment to the next

The ship was making a lot of water

The Horizon stayed afloat

But with water still pouring in

For the bow of the ship was completely split open

Prayers and mourning in shades of blue

All were drowning an awful view

So deceived by a sea of doom

To hear them crying here in the gloom

At the stern a boat was lowered quite carelessly

It was seriously damaged

The captain had the injured brought on board

And ordered some members of the crew

To take positions in the other lifeboats

At half past twelve at night

The stricken ship capsized

Some of the crewmen who jumped overboard

Managed to reach one of the boats

An attempt to pick up more

Was of no avail in the darkness

This morning neither the ship

Nor the remaining crew could be seen

Prayers and mourning in shades of blue

All were drowning an awful view

So deceived by a sea of doom

To hear them crying here in the gloom

Prayers and mourning in shades of blue

All were drowning an awful view

So deceived by a sea of doom

To hear them crying here in the gloom