Antarctica

Album: Last Days of the Century (1988)
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  • Long before I ever saw
    The frost upon your face
    I was haunted by your beauty
    And it drew me to this place

    I felt the chill of mystery
    With one foot on your shore
    And then and there resolved to go
    Where no man had before

    Maybe I was snow blind
    Perhaps the wind spoke true
    I believed those stories then
    As travelers sometimes do

    In Antarctica
    Antarctica

    Who knows what the powers might be
    That cause a man to go
    Mindless of the dangers
    Out across that virgin snow

    Seduced by this ambition
    I so easily forgot
    The hopeless quest of Shackleton
    The dreamlike death of Scott

    Maybe I was snow blind
    Perhaps the wind spoke true
    I believed those rumors then
    As travelers sometimes do

    In Antarctica
    Antarctica

    Maybe I was snow blind
    Perhaps it sapped my will
    But something of my innocence
    Is wandering there still

    In Antarctica
    Antarctica
    Antarctica
    Antarctica Writer/s: Al Stewart, Peter Harry White
    Publisher: Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Janeeyre1956 from Louisville Kentucky No, it's not another of Al's historical songs. He has introduced this as an analogy- a beautiful woman who refused him sex.
  • Ian from York, United KingdomI feel I should point out that, as Al has said on a number of occasions, Antarctica is not actually about the continent but is in fact a love song.
    It is obviously inspired by the continent, but the representation of the icy land is a metaphor for the seemingly unattainable woman the song is actually about.
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