Bosun Squid, Beatkeeper of the Seven Seas

[Intro] Four clicks. Count it in. Storm's coming. Keep the beat. [Verse 1] Bosun doesn't talk about Every place that he has been. Ask him for a sea story. You'll get, "Which fucking one, my friend?" He's watched the shoreline disappear. He's watched it come back into view. He's learned the ocean doesn't care What rank they pinned on you. [Pre-Chorus] Steel below. Black above. Nothing there for miles. You learn a lot about a man When home is out of sight. [Chorus] BOSUN SQUID! BEATKEEPER OF THE SEVEN SEAS! When the deck starts rolling, Keep the rhythm underneath! When the whole damn world Falls out of time... HIT IT HARD! AND DRAG IT BACK IN LINE! BOSUN SQUID! LET THE THUNDER ROLL! Every beat comes from somewhere Deep inside your soul. You don't have to tell us What you've carried all these years. JUST HIT THE DRUMS. WE'LL FUCKING HEAR IT. [Verse 2] He's got jokes you shouldn't repeat. Words you shouldn't say. Superstitions he insists Have kept him breathing to this day. Never whistle toward the water. Never tempt what waits below. And don't tell Bosun There's no reason. He'll just say, "The fuck you know?" [Pre-Chorus] He's seen calm. He's seen storms. He's seen both arrive. And learned the sea can change its mind Before you blink your eyes. [Chorus] BOSUN SQUID! BEATKEEPER OF THE SEVEN SEAS! When the deck starts rolling, Keep the rhythm underneath! When the whole damn world Falls out of time... HIT IT HARD! AND DRAG IT BACK IN LINE! BOSUN SQUID! LET THE THUNDER ROLL! Every beat comes from somewhere Deep inside your soul. You don't have to tell us What you've carried all these years. JUST HIT THE DRUMS. WE'LL FUCKING HEAR IT. [Percussion Break] [Verse 3] Piney gives him shit about The Navy every chance he gets. Bosun fires one right back. Neither one's surrendered yet. They'll argue like two assholes Over things nobody cares about. But let somebody else start talking shit... And watch them both turn around. [Pre-Chorus] Some things change. Some things don't. Some bonds don't need a name. You can spend your whole damn life apart And still speak just the same. [Bridge] There are names he doesn't talk about. There are nights he doesn't share. There are empty spaces at the table. There are ghosts still sitting there. So he doesn't make a speech. He doesn't raise a glass and cry. He sits behind that battered kit... And counts them in one more time. One... Two... Three... Four... [Heavy Drum Break] [Final Chorus] BOSUN SQUID! BEATKEEPER OF THE SEVEN SEAS! Kick drum like a cannon! Toms rolling underneath! Every scar! Every storm! Every mile! Every year! YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY A FUCKING WORD! WE CAN HEAR YOU FROM HERE! BOSUN SQUID! LET THE THUNDER ROLL! Hold the line! Keep the time! Never let the rhythm go! When the whole damn world Falls out of time... HIT IT HARD! AND DRAG IT BACK IN LINE! [Massive Percussion Outro] [Outro] Four clicks. Count it in. Storm's over. Beat goes on.