Oisin, My Bastard Brother Lyrics

Out hunting on the beach at dawn
Your arrow struck a magic fawn
Wonder and surprise
When it changed before your eyes
Oh, my!
Words transformed your skin and bones
As she described her secret throne
This daughter of the sea
Oh, but you went willingly
Yes, it's true


Her shipwreck eyes, her deep-sea gaze
Stirred up desire, churned up the waves
White horses, foaming steeds
Brought you down through the deep
Oisin, my bastard brother
Stay awhile, let's have another

Years go by, your mother cries,
“Gone, he's gone, my precious son!”
Your father thins into the air
Your friends keep watch but then they despair

In hallowed halls in darkest ocean
You lived perfection in slow motion
Centuries went by
Till one day you woke and cried,
“It's been too long!”
She let you go, she brought you home
To discover you were now alone
In a place you could not recognize
‘Cause everyone had died
What a shame

The missing years came in to claim
Your stretched out soul, your human frame
You wandered old and mad
Then you withered on the sand
Oisin, my bastard brother
It's not too late, let's have another

Your story pains me as I dream
Of people I have known
Of places I have been
Please join me for a toast, a drink
We're brothers you and I,
I think