We All Went Down With The Ship – Ed Harcourt – letras

We were only doing what the captain saidWe all went down with the shipThe crow’s nest splintered on the figureheadWe all went down with the shipThe kamikaze pilots and the virgin assassinsWere told they would reach paradiseDown is an army with following ordersCan see it in these zealous eyesThey pulled out the monsters lie deep in the mindWe all went down with the shipThe bayonets rusted on the firing lineWe all went down with the shipI heard of all the men who were sent to the trenchesAnd those with the unmarked gravesHorrors of the british in the boer warA charge of the light brigadeAnd it’s a long long way downTo the bed of the seaOh I will sink until sheShe covers meWe’ll suffer for another man’s fallingBlindsided by an ego that can’t stopWe sink to the bottom to rise to the top and sayWe all fall under the spell of the charmerDevil’s tongue from the shepherd to his flockWe sink to the bottom to rise to the top and sayWe were only taking what the general desiredWe all went down with the shipFor the good and the evil and the noble empireWe all went down with the shipAnd the gentle persuasion of the master’s handShadowed in the ark of his ruleThis history lesson takes a measure of sandAs as it twists and distorts every truthAnd it’s a long long way downTo the bed of the seaOh I will sink until sheShe covers meWe’ll suffer for another man’s fallingBlindsided by an ego that can’t stopWe sink to the bottom to rise to the top and sayWe all fall under the spell of the charmerDevil’s tongue from the shepherd to his flockWe sink to the bottom to rise to the top and sayWe were doing what the captain saidWe went down, we went down as she went down with the ship