[Intro – All Crew, 4 bars] (Hand-claps • Foot-stomps • “Yo-ho!”) [Verse 1, call and response] [Lead]: Zar’keth vahl! [Crew, layered]: Raise the flame, let anchors fall. [Lead]: Thal’kin vorr! [Crew, layered]: Tiefling hearts don’t heed the call. [Lead]: Vel’drosh kin! [Crew, layered]: The land had laws, the land had chains— But sea-born wind forgets our names. [Lead]: Korr’zan thesh! [Crew, layered]: Chains don’t float, and chains sink fast. [Interlude – All, 4 bars] (Whistle solo • Shanty chant • Hand-claps) [Verse 2, call and response] [Lead]: Seth’ra vahn! [Crew, layered]: They called us cursed, they called us wrong. [Lead]: Dren’khal vosh! [Crew, layered]: But waves don’t care who sings the song. [Lead]: Vorrak’ven! [Crew, layered]: Storm or calm, we ride the blast— We dance on decks, we drink with pride. [Lead]: Droth’kan vesh! [Crew, layered]: Let anchors fall, let pasts be drowned. [Interlude – All, 4 bars] (Foot-stomps • Fiddle flourish • “Yo-ho!”) [Verse 3, call and response] [Lead]: Thar’ven sol! [Crew, layered]: The stars above, the depths below Are freer than the courts we know. [Lead]: Marketh vahl! [Crew, layered]: So mark our sails with fire and glee— We’re not bound, we’re born to flee. [Lead]: Zar’keth vahl! [Crew, layered]: Raise the flame, let anchors fall. [Verse 4 – Storm Verse, call and response]] [Lead]: Kesh’val drohn! [Crew, layered] We’ve kissed the tide, we’ve cursed the shore. [Lead]: Varn’keth dosh! [Crew, layered]: We’ve danced with devils, begged for more. [Lead]: Thal’ven roth! [Crew, layered]: But freedom’s not a gift you’re owed— It’s carved in wind and earned in code. [Lead]: Korr’zan thesh! [Crew, layered]: Chains don’t float, and chains sink fast. [Verse 5 – Crew Verse, call and response] [Lead]: Vos’dren kall! [Crew, layered]: We patch our sails with pride and spite. [Lead]: Kel’vorr thesh! [Crew, layered]: We toast to wrongs that felt so right. [Lead]: Dros’keth vahn! [Crew, layered]: No priest, no crown, no blood decree— Just salt and song and devilry. [Lead]: Droth’kan vesh! [Crew, layered]: Let anchors fall, let names be lost. [Final Chorus – Full Crew Shout, call and response] [Lead]: Zar’keth vahl! [Crew, layered]: Raise the flame, let anchors fall. [Lead]: Thal’kin vorr! [Crew, layered]: Tiefling hearts don’t heed the call. [Lead]: Vorrak’ven! [Crew, layered]: Storm or calm, we ride the blast. [Lead]: Korr’zan thesh! [Crew, layered]: Chains don’t float, and chains sink fast. [Outro – All Crew, 4 bars] (“Yo-ho, haul away!” • Hand-claps • Fiddle fade)
