Taking Charge

We come from down under With a voice of thunder, Yet stunned into wonder By the things we say. Throw down past failure On the shore of Forgotten, Stand tall as a captain, Shove off with a shout! Free wheel's in our grabbers, Fierce wind's in our favor; Cut loose every anchor And sail with a smile! Hear the waves roaring now, Feel how they buffet now, Plunging us down again, Lifting us high! Life is the sea of us; We're not afraid of it! Sweet the salt brine of it, Onward we go! Hail to the lightning there, We're up for fighting there! Reefs all about us, bare; Now we attack! Breasts are now laboring, Death is not favoring; Strike for your life-love, Stretch for your goal! On through the wave-crash Of wishes and mindlessness, On through the hatred Of men that can't do; Steer through the foolishness, Rush through the madnesses, Wade through the bubbles On up to the beach! Isle that's awaited us, Be not afraid of us; Souls of Atlantismen Come here to stay. Home of the sea of us, Life of the deeds of us, Smile of the style of us---- We, who are free! We come from down under With a voice of thunder, Yet stunned into wonder By the things we say.