Godspeed Us To Sea lyrics

Song information

Artist: Every Time I Die
Album: Hot Damn

Lyrics

Turns out, I never had a thought at all
I've been talking in my sleep;
Reciting teleprompted anthems --
A marionette strung tight to the executives upstairs
I almost had myself convinced
That I meant everything I said
What a shame

Oh captain, my captain
You've been drinking
What happened?
I've been slurring my cadences
And blacking out when I stand
I know all about your son
Who never did return from the war
But there's poison in that bottle, I tell you

(1, 2, 3, 4)

Tell the tower I've been hijacked
Tell the gunman this vehicle's been stolen
I'm coming out with my hands in the air
I'm coming out with my hands in the air

(This is not my voice
What you are hearing is not me)

There's been a horrible mistake
I'm a proud, god-fearing, registered democrat
This is all an elaborate scheme
And it'll be cleared up when the governor beckons for me
He'll clear my name
It appears that the inmates have overrun the asylum
There's a madman at the wheel
There's a madman at the wheel
We are not even remotely
Capable of keeping our heads about us
We've abandoned all semblance of presence
Dead bolted, buckled in
Keeping our word to the sinking ship

Let the rats orchestrate the new mutiny

I'll meet you overboard
I'll meet you overboard