[Verse 1] We set off from port in the year '84 Not 1984 — we mean 16-oh-four With rum in our bellies and gold in our sights We've fought the same battle ten thousand nights! Cursed by a witch with a laugh like a bell Now we’re stuck on this ship in a time-looping hell We pillage and plunder, again and again I just killed Blackbeard. Again. He’s back in ten. [Chorus] We're sailing in circles, we've lost all control, We’re stuck in this loop with no heavenly goal, We've sung this damn song twenty times since noon, The drummer's a skeleton banging a spoon! [Verse 2] The parrot’s gone mad and it’s speaking in tongues The cabin boy's beard has grown over his lungs Our treasure map’s just a crayon scribble The captain keeps drinking his own pickle dribble We tried to escape but we always return To the same bloody reef where the seaweed burns One time we got jobs and tried going straight But the Kraken came in for a second date [Chorus] We're sailing in circles, just ghosts on parade, The ship's made of duct tape, the flag’s ductile shade, We’re writing this verse for the eighth bloody time, Our bard’s only rhyming “rum” with “sublime” [Bridge – Spoken/Sea Shanty Breakdown] "Captain, the stars are lookin’ funny again!" "That’s because we’ve looped back to Chapter Ten!" "The fish are all drunk and the moon’s upside down!" "Well tie up your boots, lads, and burn the whole town!" [Gang Chant] Burn it! Sink it! Raise it! Drink it! Swear it’s new and then re-link it! Fire the cannon! Miss on purpose! Sell this track again — merch makes it worth it! [Final Chorus] We’re scraping dimensions, we’ve run out of seas, The gods won’t reply to our pirate decrees, We’re doomed to repeat this absurd little tale, Forever rehearsing our own funeral wail! [Outro] So if ye be hearing this cursed refrain Know we’ve sung it before, and we’ll sing it again 'Til time eats itself, and the oceans combust— Now pass me the rum, and ignore all the rust!
