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CAPTAIN

I’ll do anything that you want me to do
While we’ve still got the time
I’ll even kill your memories for you
If you’ll do the same for mine
For it’s you who provides my bed and board
And I can’t say I’ve got any complaints
I’ve got nothing left to live for either
But you’ve caused me no unnecessary pain

And I’ve raised all the flags to full mast, captain
And I’ve set the rudder on on its course
Bur for all your assurance I still got to ask, captain
Whether we’re any closer to the source?

I’ve only got my blood, my body and my soul
And I’ve given it all to you
But if by chance you can find anything more
You know that you can have it too
For it’s you who pulled me from the womb
Your face was the first I saw
Since then I’ve been livin’ only by your charity
And suffering under your law

But the waves are blowin’ up so high tonight, captain
I can’t seem to find much comfort in your words
Me and the other men, we been up all night, captain
And who can say what all our suffering’s been worth?

The palms of my hands are bleedin’, captain
The soles of my feet are too
I’ve only got one layer of skin left now
And it’s beginning to wear through
But still I’ve been feedin’ on your promises
Of the kingdoms that will be
Of the carefully ordered regiments
And the constant enemy

And I’m sure your plans are intricate and vast, captain
And I sense the power that you’ve never dared to show
But this night has been so long that I must ask, captain
How much farther are we gonna have to go?

And when we bled the children, captain
And touched them with our shame
Did we calculate the consequence?
Did we delegate the blame?
Among the multitude of men
Completely to ensure
That in times ahead none will condemn
Our motives as impure

And have you heard the rumblings of a storm, captain
That threatens to wash every one of us out to sea?
I’ve heard you’re very well provided for, captain
But can you say what my fate’s gonna be?

I do not doubt your worthiness
I know you cannot be betrayed
It was you who gave me the gift of breath
And you could just as easily take it away
Now all of my comrades have died by fire
Or perished by their own hand
But their fates were left so unresolved
And this is not my plan

Of freedom my beliefs are very few, captain
Those I have are tangled in these chains
So as long as it’s all the same to you, captain
Your loyal servant I humbly beg to remain

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from Welcome to the Revolution, released September 2, 2014

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