The day we left for January

The maelstroms lashed outside/our side [0:45]

Tore us away from the glass world obeyed/of faith [0:50]

Where the impulse engines died



We scrambled up the crow's nest

Could not believe our luck

Our terrified cries vibrated through the sky

Lightning and thunder struck



Down and down and down

Drowning in yourself

Down and down and down



The sargeant was a drunkard

The wing commander bent

We crashed one night on the other side

Just past the Duke of Kent



Passengers were a lethal lot

Hanging the loud in the nets

They dreamed and screamed as we picked up steam

In the mouth of the rivulet



The mutineers were scabby darks [2:50]

Howling for our blood

Behind her whip [2:56] up and down the ship

We hurled into the flood



The enemy ??? [3:05]

Lays here like a saw

We shudder in her wake like a damaged snake

We didn't get too far



The sea was a vast mosaic

Fallen to disrepair

The sky was aglow like the chaos below

As the first shots filled the air



The charge swept off our captain's leg

So they put him in a barrel of graphite

Commanding from the fray as his blood ran away

His soul fled to the light