Shakin down below and my blood run cold
Bucket after bucket pourin in
Seven lonely miles from coast and a prayer
In a broken bucket of sin
The bow let out a scream
With each twisting wooden beam
I swear to God the walls are closin in
You'll stay and hold your pose, lest the devil take your soul
Surrender now and we're all good as dead
Cold black sky mocks the fear in our eyes
Timbers turn to splinters where the waves touch the side
Can't make out the livin from the men who've died
Sails rip on the riggin till they stretch out a cry
At the gates of heaven with a ticket to hell
Get this bucket to sail
Nevermind when Death chills, Break your back or I will
Get this bucket to sail
The helmsman holds command but our fate ain't in his hands,
Cause this ol boats a sinkin like a stone
Nor'easter gales attack, make a matchstick out the mast
With icy skin and icing on your bones
Our masthead bride's been raped by the tide
And every sailor here's turned his face to the sky
Salt and broken glass crashin' over the side
Are you gonna live forever or just lay down and die?
What sense am I to follow, so cold and so alone
The ocean jugglin bits of broken hope and broken bone
Clinging to the bow where it used to grace the hull
The sea is fat with sailors but she'll eat ye anyhow
Louder than a hurricane, quite as a storm
Higher than a madman a howlin at the moon
Cold as raging hellfire, mean as pigs in heat
The lucky ones go quickly 'for the vultures smell the meat
The Big Sleep!