The Last Leviathan

My soul has been torn from me and I am bleeding My heart it has been rent and I am crying All the beauty around me fades and I am screaming I am the last of the great whales And I am dying

Last night I heard the cry of my last companion The roar of the harpoon gun and then I was alone I thought of the days gone by when we were thousands But I know that I soon must die The last leviathan

This morning the sun did rise crimson in the north sky The ice was the colour of blood and the winds they did sigh I rose for to take a breath, it was my last one From a gun came the roar of death And now I am done

Now that we are all gone there's no more hunting The big fellow is no more, it's no use lamenting What race will be next in line all for the slaughter The elephant or the seal

Or your sons and daughters

I'm the LAST of the great Whales