[Intro] [low, spoken] Storm’s in my skull Salt in my veins You see my flag You die in my name [Verse 1] Black coat flappin’ in the cannon smoke One eye colder than a hangman’s rope Boots hit deck, every board goes quiet Whole crew pray I don’t start a riot Rust on the blade, but the cut stay clean Rum on my breath and your blood on the beam Gold in the hold, that’s the gospel I preach Your ship’s just a coffin that washed off the beach You beg for a deal? I don’t bargain or bend Every plea just a sound at the top of the end I don’t spare strays, I don’t keep pets I sleep just fine on a mattress of threats [Chorus] No survivors That’s the word from Captain Black (Captain Black) When we rise from the dark, you don’t go back No survivors Let the sea write down your names Every tongue that tells our tale gets chained No survivors Every witness feeds the waves If you ever see my sails, you see your grave No survivors No stories, no last rites Just steel, just screams, just night [Verse 2] Torch in my hand, and your deck’s all dry Oil in the seams, watch the flame climb high Hear wood cry out, hear rigging snap That’s the sound of your map gettin’ torn in half You, on your knees with your eyes wide glass Ask where I’m from, if this rage gonna pass I was born in a storm and I bite like hail I’m the curse that crawled out of a busted jail I count your crew while the water climbs Each head’s just a verse in my list of crimes You float, you talk, you talk, I’m done So I cut the tongues out and I drown the lungs [Chorus] No survivors That’s the word from Captain Black (Captain Black) When we rise from the dark, you don’t go back No survivors Let the sea write down your names Every tongue that tells our tale gets chained No survivors Every witness feeds the waves If you ever see my sails, you see your grave No survivors No stories, no last rites Just steel, just screams, just night [Bridge] [crew chant, call-and-response] “Spare them?” (NEVER) “Mercy?” (NEVER) “Leave one?” (NEVER) “They talk?” WE SEVER [Chorus] No survivors That’s the word from Captain Black (Captain Black) When we rise from the dark, you don’t go back No survivors Let the sea write down your names Every tongue that tells our tale gets chained No survivors Every witness feeds the waves If you ever see my sails, you see your grave No survivors Last breath, last sight Captain Black owns the night
