A fugitive has been away so long   A thousand years and now he thinks of home   The long men are waiting in the wings   To put him in chains upon his return   Emptiness his bitterness is gone   Journey on to the eternal reward      It's a long way to go   A black angel at your side   It's a long way to go   With that angel at your side      The sirens call a sailor to die   Enchanted by the sound   His desires have been found   In his mind his life is rushing by   All this while the storm it rages on      He's turning old   He shall never return   Sail on to the eternal reward      It's a long way to go   A black angel at your side   It's a long way to go   With that angel at your side      It's a long way to go   With the reaper at your side   It's a long way to go   A black angel at your side      The fugitive has been away so long   A thousand years and now he thinks of home   The long men are waiting in the wings   To put him in chains upon his return   Emptiness,    his bitterness is gone   Journey on to the eternal reward      Oh, no, never   Oh, no, never   Oh, no, no      It's a long way to go   A black angel at your side   It's a long way to go   With that angel at your side      It's a long way to go   With the reaper at your side   It's a long way to go   With that angel at your side   At your side      It's a long   It's a long, long, long goodbye   It's a long, long, long goodbye