I've traveled through the wasteland, Slain the hydra and the boar. For atonement I have labored And I'm bound to labor more But what turn of fate confronts me now This being by my side I'll embrace him as he changes Into beasts and brutes and dangers I pray I'll make it out alive Oh out alive You were mothered by the Adriatic Sea Every squall, every storm, troubled through your body Now you shake and you twist Into talon, fang, and fist. Do you know what it is to be held The way I hold you now? First you become a mighty whale Then you become a shark As all the violence you've endured Turns thunder in my arms Oh you change into a lion, A viper, and a ram But beneath you're just a child With your hair grown long and wild I'll care for you the best I can Oh best I can You were mothered by the Adriatic sea Every squall, every storm, troubled through your body Now you shake and you twist Into talon, fang, and fist. Do you know what it is to be held The way I hold you now? ♪ ... You were mothered by the Adriatic sea Every squall, every storm, troubled through your body Now you shake and you twist Into talon, fang, and fist. Do you know what it is to be held The way I hold you now?