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The day we left for January
The maelstroms lashed our side
Tore us away from the glass water bay
Where the impulse engines died

We scrambled up the crow's nest
Could not believe our luck
Our terrified cries vibrated through the sky
Lightning and thunder struck

Down and down and down
Drowning in yourself
Down and down and down

Down and down and down
Drowning in yourself
Down and down and down

The sergeant was a drunkard
The wing commander bent
We crashed one night on the other side
Just past the Duke of Kent

Passengers were a lethal lot
Hanging allowed in the nets
They dreamed and screamed as we picked up steam
In the mouth of the rivulet

Down and down and down
Drowning in yourself
Down and down and down

Down and down and down
Drowning in yourself
Down and down and down

The mutineers were scabby dogs (down and down and down)
Howling for our blood (drowning in yourself)
We hied her whip up and down the ship (down and down and down)
We hurled into the flood

The enemy hove into sight (down and down and down)
Blazing like a saw (drowning in yourself)
We struggle in her wake like a damaged snake (down and down and down)
We didn't get too far

The sea was a vast mosaic
Fallen to disrepair
The sky was aglow like the chaos below
As the first shots filled the air

The charge swept off our captain's leg
So they put him in a barrel of graphite
Commanding from the fray as his blood ran away
His soul fled to the light