[Verse 1] Raise the ragged sail My lads The sky’s turned iron-gray Salt is cutting through our hands We curse this hungry bay Black foam claws the battered bow The gulls all wheel and flee I’d trade ten years of tavern songs For one calm Quiet sea [Chorus] So heave My hearts Heave hard Till our splintered ribs all show Poseidon’s got our number And he’s calling from below We swing between his trident teeth We pray and still we bleed Oh The sea don’t want our mercy Only bone and broken creed (hey!) [Verse 2] Hear him roaring through the ropes A voice like tearing stone He grips the keel and twists it ‘round As if to claim his own Port side spills a canyon’s mouth That churns the world to shreds Starboard spits a whirl of teeth That waits to grind us dead [Chorus] So heave My hearts Heave hard Till our splintered ribs all show Poseidon’s got our number And he’s calling from below We swing between his trident teeth We pray and still we bleed Oh The sea don’t want our mercy Only bone and broken creed (oh-oh) [Bridge] “Port!” I cry The mast cries back The compass spins and lies The deck runs red The lanterns drown In waves that lick the skies We dance upon a tilted world Our breaths all short and thin He laughs beneath the boiling foam And drags the daylight in [Chorus] So heave My hearts Heave hard Till our splintered ribs all show Poseidon’s got our number And he’s calling from below We swing between his trident teeth We sing as we go down Oh The sea keeps every secret And we’re sinking in her crown (hey!) [Outro] Now let the black tide close My lads Our stories sink and sleep A shattered hull A single rope That trails the deepest deep If ever you should pass this way And feel your courage fail It’s us that hum beneath your keel Still riding out the gale
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