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Black Ships
03:51
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Solomons to the China sea
jungles burn
dead men in trees
you one gun punks
wont work with me
you're royalty until the end
oh lucky Jim
how can you be breathing
we watched from the hill as they walked you away
clouds in the skies
above armies retreating
you 're shot in the the back from both sides
I look out to sea
the black ships are sailing
I wonder if this is worth keeping at all
I cannot explain
why cant we determine
just watching the waves
as they wash up on shore
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2. |
Bangalor
04:15
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never was lonely
I lamented my summer
was closing my eyes
at the first sign of snow
how I long for surrender
these boots of abandon
there must be a way
of letting them go
the setting sun
is pooling blood
no
flowing forever
until morning comes
lost tonight
I watch the guns light up the sky
when its gone
will all your colours start to run
just bury me please
get me away from here
just bury me please
yeah far away from here
I was waving
not drowning
its all over
all over
not waving
I was drowning
all over
all over
not waving
I was drowning
all over
all over
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3. |
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flashback
got the feedback
don't take me back
I want to go there
I want to be there
can you believe me for just once this time
I'm wrapped in silver
I'm hauling the chains
setting the sails again and again
mark the horizon
map out the lines
past to the present
I'm all out of time
why would you take my time away from me
someday
someday
why would you take that time away from me baby
filled the sky with a tropical storm
moving the trees all over
oil floods water
all drown in the wake
the black ships are sailing
the crew cant find the brake
klaxons are blaring
the admiral roars command
while submarines dive in oceans
and armies fight with the sun
yo yo yo
at 9 years old dad said touch grandpoppies fingers and they was cold
three days before
everybody cryin' in the bedroom
Ramiraz hit the floor
Natasha walked to him like her feet were sore
daddy took his glasses off
he said everybody loved him
we gonna miss him
Bobby was away
me and Kima didin't cry
mommy looked at daddy, and kissed em
they prayed
I loved Jesus
but now I was scared of him
It wasn't fair to me
how we get compared to him
why you take grandpa Grimes from our lives
he never got to see me grow up
my family disconnected
I fall in love with devil bitches
I get drunk and then I throw up
I write my life, you don't know how this hell feels
in my dreams I'm alive
when I wake up, I be dead still
OD off the red pill
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4. |
Joan of Arc
03:32
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we are the black ships
we are the dead men
skeleton crews
riding the breeze
a hopeless romantic
raises her banner
can anybody say what she sees
mystics and mirrors
a warning to call for
bleeding, not bashing the best of them in
sun it is setting, who can be calling
a message
a message
is all that I bring
for honor and glory
the walls have been falling
for honor and glory
there is something to be
one humble servant
one act to call for
oh lord how could you do this to me
stately kings
darkened thrones
long lush grasses the winds do blow
where blood is spilled
now the flowers will grow
never thought I
would be hearing
words that you found most endearing
can you speak your bitter language
can you tell me
where you are buried
summer through winter
winter through fall
somehow you managed to last through them all
stately kings
darkened thrones
long lush grasses the winds do blow
where blood is spilled
now the flowers will grow
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5. |
731
02:16
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love
hate
kneel
death emperor
we follow your every command
bomb blast
kills fast
moonlit Fujiyama
dreams of dying in a foreign land
Chosin
banzai
blood flows in the gutter
bayonets on my command
east shore
west shore
dreams of blue November
rotting skulls
slivers of sand
731
there's no love
731
there's no way
731
there's no life
731
there's just hate
731
were on fire
731
we all are
731
avoided
731
forgotten
black ships sail my emperor
we followed every command
haunted
I dream of moonlit Fujiyama
rotting jungles
slivers of sand
731
731
731
731
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6. |
Partisan
04:19
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cast away in salt spray
no I don't wanna be
I don't want to see it yet
between the lines an absence of style
between the earth and the sky
it goes for miles
said you'd wait
said you'd stay
called it fate
you said a lot that day
name them
bury them
to each his own
come here partisan
I'll show you the road
show you the road
I sail with the black ships
soulless armada
stalking the life and the light up on shore
respect was demanded
forgiveness longed for
set sail in April
forgotten by fall
where will it end
where will it end
where will it end
where will it end
where will it end
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7. |
Legion
02:44
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down
down on the sunken road I saw
four bloody horsemen
four of the ones awaiting my call
out of the blue
waving your flag around
out of the blue
never a sound
never a sound
cold
my bones tumble into the breach
weed worn and salt cut
never so peaceful
never at ease
marching your legion
deep into forests full of pain
never in season
never the time to wait out the rain
stand by my Odessa
deep in the black sea
high on the mount
forward
I have been crawling
seeking out something
I cant be without
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8. |
Athena
03:14
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Athena
gone are your noble days
cement and sad structure
solemnly
the autumn leaves are swept away
dropped me down
to my knees
the pale sea
crashes on the land
crashed upon the iron clad
bones of red
that sickly pink of cherry blossom
falls on my head
falls over now
it never should have been
down the lane
through broken trees
to harbor streets that still call my name
i'll never answer anyway
Athena
I lost you in your noble ways
we're in this sad structure
forsaken
locked away
solemnly
the autumn leaves are swept away
I'm swept away
dropped me down
to my knees
I crash in the pale sea
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