Æther shanties

My arms aching, back's breaking, legs aching, neck And this whole ruddy ship is a huge creaking wreck. We've flown ten thousand miles with this thorn in our sides Though the wind's steady, strong with...

This world is filled with islands Little specks of sand Mountain peaks in a cloudy sky Each one's a different world And so my sails unfurled And I will raise my sails high When I am feeling stagnant...

Fifteen men on the Dead Man's chest Drink and the Devil had done for the rest The mate was fixed with the bo'sun's pike And the bo'sun brained with a marlin-spike, Cookie's throat was marked belike It...

There was a young boy in a clock yard Building himself from the pieces he found Screwing on what's been left on the ground Hoping to finish enough one day to leave The years flew by and some gears...

We've come too far to turn back It's way too dark to unpack We'd stop right here but we're slipping This ground is loose, we're not gripping We're way in over our heads, it seems And this place is...

If you map out my psychology It will look like archaeology I've got no love for this society I prefer total free autonomy! Take your newfangled this, and your newfangled that, And you can line them up...

My love My life My band My wife I get lost I get used Take the praise And abuse Am I the hero in my own daydream? Am I the villain, are things as they seem? Am I the villain in my own daydream? Am I...

Victoria, come back to me I should have never believed You've been gone so long Why did I let you leave? Victoria, come back to me I should have never believed You've been gone so long Why did I let...

I've chased this dream since I was five And I have barely stayed alive While folks have fallen off this ship Well, I have never lost my grip So hate me You might as well hate me And go on, berate me...

I, I've suffered long enough in this ghost town I saw the walls, called their bluff and took them down When I think of all the time I've wasted All the bitter pills I've tasted I have to hang my head...