Lyrics

I fight the fish
The fish plays me
My reel screeches maddeningly

He dives and twists, he rises high
To shake the hook
To show his eye

Then off he runs
Across the sea
Entangled In my destiny

"I'm out of strength!"
I scream to all
"You're out of line!" the gaff-man calls

The fish, he turns
Torpedo-like
To fix his aim - prepared to strike

Alone
Against this man and sea
He charges dead ahead at me

A small event
His death and wake
The lesson there for me to take

For as we head
Once more for shore
I count this fish as something more

From noble beast to dinner plate
Is life's reward
Is all our fate