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Eric Bogle: Safe in the harbour
Wirklich einer meiner Lieblingstexte, über Träumer und Seefahrer und über die, die zu feige und zu verächtlich für beides sind. Ein Lied voll Sehnsucht und Träume, von der ersten Zeile an. Geschrieben hat Eric Bogle es für Stan Rogers, einen befreundeten Musiker, der bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben kam. Dessen Leidenschaft für das Meer und die Seefahrt inspirierten ihn zu diesem Text. Aber abgesehen vom Refrain ist dieses Lied für mich eine kraftvolle, poetische Hymne an das Leben als ein Träume-verwirklichen, und es drückt deutlich aus, was einem Leben ohne Träume fehlt. Ich glaube an Träume, an Emotionen, an Zauber, und all das finde ich in diesem Lied wieder.
Have you stood by the ocean on a diamond hard morning
And felt the horizon stir deep in your soul
Watched the wake of a steamer as it cut through blue water
And been gripped by a fever you just can't control
Oh to throw off the shackles and fly with the seagulls
To where green waves tumble before a driving sea wind
Or to lie on the decking on a warm summer's evening
Watch the red sun fall burning beneath the earth's rim
Refrain:
But to every sailor comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails and make the lines fast
You deep water dreamer, your journey is over
You're safe in the harbour at last
Some men are sailors, but most are just dreamers
Held fast by the anchors they forge in their minds
Who in their hearts know they'll never sail over deep water
To search for a treasure they're afraid they won't find
So in sheltered harbours they cling to their anchors
Bank down their boilers and shut down their steam
And wait for the sailors to return with bright treasures
That will fan the dull embers and fire up their dreams
And some men are schemers who laugh at the dreamers
Take the gold from the sailors and turn it to dross
They're men in a prison, they're men without vision
Whose only horizon is profit and loss
So when storm clouds come sailing across your blue ocean
Hold fast to your dreaming for all that you're worth
For as long as there's dreamers, there will always be sailors
Bringing back their bright treasures from the corners of earth
