[Verse 1] Black horizon Iron rail Charted stars in ordered rows Silk cravat and silver tailcoat Boots that never touch the foam Copper sextant Crystal glass Hands behind a rigid spine "To the helm: one stellar league" Voice as measured as the chime [Chorus] Hold the line Celestial line ahead Keep your rank Your buttons And your breath Through the quiet Colder than the grave We advance in perfect step through space [Verse 2] Canvas traded for the vacuum Rigging hums with captive light Signal flags in muted colors Fixed and formal in the night Tea gone cold in tethered cups Souls that will not dare to shake Every order signed in silence Sealed and sent across the black [Chorus] Hold the line Celestial line ahead Keep your rank Your buttons And your breath Through the quiet Colder than the grave We advance in perfect step through space [Bridge] No surf No cry Just polished brass and distant sky No wind No wave Yet still we march the dark parade [Final Chorus] Hold the line Celestial line ahead Keep your rank Your buttons And your breath Through the quiet Colder than the grave Forever in perfect step through space
