Landlubber Lyrics

I left my wife and children laying in their graves

That sickness come and took 'em, left me here to stay

And so I sail this wretched sea, my empty soul my company

There's water, water everywhere and I've had too much to drink

Our captain slumbered at the wheel, ran our ship ashore

We pillaged her from stern to bow, stripped her to the core

And as her ashes danced away, a siren song began to play

That old ghost of a melody that haunts me to this day

Now everything's grown gray and cold

Salt cracked lips and fish-hook toes

Tattered rags and tourniquets adorn my aching bones

Curse this brittle skin, this bitter flesh I'm in

Curse this flowing blood

Settled dust and sin is all that lies within

Every shallow breath

I staggered and I stumbled through that crooked land

To make my my name and stake my claim, start over again

But every rotten seed I sowed fell apart from head to toe

I crumbled and I quivered as I cursed the ground below

On that endless sea there ain't no room for me

There's plenty room for you

So chase that setting sun

The deeds ain't ever done

The days ain't ever through

They found me barely sleeping on that rocky shore

They shackled me with all the rest and chained me to an oar

And now I row row row this boat, cursed by what keeps me afloat

I count the days until the water rises to my throat