Master of My Fate

[00:04.46] I never had a lover, and I never had a wife
[00:07.42] I was sold off to the navy for a very meager price
[00:10.89] At the age of seventeen, I'd spent half my life at sea
[00:14.13] Where I learned of all the hardships that a life on deck can mean
[00:17.65] I've been tied up in the rigging, I've been flogged around the fleet
[00:21.44] Been the captains' scapegoat every time we've seen defeat
[00:24.48] While us wapping boys where strung up and keel hauled from the plank
[00:28.23] I watched the finer fellas move unscathed up the ranks
[00:31.52] See, fate has brought me down this lane
[00:35.04] Nothing to be gained
[00:38.20] Now all I know is this in these sails
[00:41.48] But now it's time to tilt the scales
[00:46.97] Bloody but unbowed I stand tall at the oar
[00:49.92] And I'll climb their scaffold once they bring me back to shore
[00:53.13] I'm master of my fate, I am captain of my soul
[00:56.42] And I'll ride this boat, all the way, to hell
[01:00.51] Bloody but unbowed I stand tall at the oar
[01:03.59] And I'll climb their scaffold once they bring me back to shore
[01:06.91] I'm the master of my fate, I am captain of my soul
[01:10.34] And I'll ride this boat, all the way, to hell
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[01:27.57] Sick of all the countless ways this game of life is rigged
[01:30.95] I rallied every ruthless Jack, that sailed upon our brig
[01:33.92] See, destiny intended to take food right off my plate
[01:37.92] I decided we should try to fight our biased fate
[01:41.28] A moonlit night at sea, many miles away from land
[01:44.49] We stormed the captain's cabin with marlin spikes in hand
[01:47.50] From the officers quarters echoed screams out through the night
[01:51.03] As we cut down every ranking fucker who put up a fight
[01:54.66] See, fate has brought me down this lane
[01:58.26] Nothing to be gained
[02:01.69] All I know is this in these sails
[02:04.52] But now it's time to tilt the scales
[02:10.19] Bloody but unbowed I stand tall at the oar
[02:13.19] And I'll climb their scaffold once they bring me back to shore
[02:16.86] I'm master of my fate, I am captain of my soul
[02:20.13] And I'll ride this boat, all the way, to hell
[02:23.73] Bloody but unbowed I stand tall at the oar
[02:26.65] And I'll climb their scaffold once they bring me back to shore
[02:30.38] I'm master of my fate, I am captain of my soul
[02:33.55] And I'll ride this boat, all the way, to hell
[02:45.81]
[03:04.29] I've been called the ocean terror, the foul saltwater scourge
[03:07.78] An enemy to mankind, that surely must be purged
[03:11.03] But enlisted press ganged sailors, I parley just with thee
[03:14.66] Gather all your weapons and come roam the seas with me
[03:17.60] But do not be mistaken, this is a one way trip
[03:21.27] The last place you will call your home will be this haunted ship
[03:24.68] We are headed to the gallows or the bottom of the sea
[03:28.11] They'll catch us and they'll kill us, whichever first will be
[03:31.47] See, fate has brought me down this lane
[03:35.00] Nothing to be gained
[03:38.15] All I know is this in these sails
[03:41.44] But now it's time to tilt the scales
[03:46.95] Bloody but unbowed I stand tall at the oar
[03:50.07] And I'll climb their scaffold once they bring me back to shore
[03:53.37] I'm master of my fate, I am captain of my soul
[03:56.74] And I'll ride this boat, all the way, to hell
[04:00.57] Bloody but unbowed I stand tall at the oar
[04:03.57] And I'll climb their scaffold once they bring me back to shore
[04:06.98] I'm master of my fate, I am captain of my soul
[04:10.33] And I'll ride this boat, all the way, to hell
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