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The Mariner's Revenge Song Lyrics Artist(Band):The Decemberists
Our ships' sole survivors In this belly of a whale Its ribs our ceiling beams Its guts our carpeting I guess we have some time to kill You may not remember me I was a child of three And you, a lad of eighteen But I remember you And I will relate to you How our histories enweave At the time you were A rake and a roustabout Spending all your money On the whores and hounds Oh Ohhhhh You had a charming air All cheap and debonair My widowed mother found so sweet And so she took you in Her sheets still warm with him Now filled with filth and foul disease As time wore on you proved A debt-ridden drunken mess Leaving my mother A poor consumptive wretch Oh Ohhhhh And then you disappeared Your gambling arrears The only thing you left behind And then the magistrate Reclaimed our small estate And my poor mother lost her mind Then one day in spring My dear sweet mother died But before she did I took her hand as she, dying, cried: Oh Ohhhhh "Find him, bind him Tie him to a pole and break His fingers to splinters Drag him to a hole until he Wakes up naked Clawing at the ceiling Of his grave *sigh*" It took me fifteen years To swallow all my tears Among the urchins in the street Until a priory Took pity and hired me To keep their vestry nice and neat But never once in the employ Of these holy men Did I ever once turn my mind From the thought of revenge Oh Ohhhhh One night I overheard The Prior exchanging words With a penitent whaler from the sea The captain of his ship Who matched you toe to tip Was known for wanton cruelty The following day I shipped to sea With a privateer And in the whistle Of the wind I could almost hear... Oh Ohhhhh "Find him, bind him Tie him to a pole and break His fingers to splinters Drag him to a hole until he Wakes up naked Clawing at the ceiling Of his grave "There is one thing I must say to you As you sail across the sea Always, your mother will watch over you As you avenge this wicked deed" [haunting, sailor-esque musical interlude lead by mandolin, accordion and tuba] And then that fateful night We had you in our sight After twenty months at sea Your starboard flank abeam I was getting my muskets clean When came this rumbling from beneath The ocean shook The sky went black And the captain quailed And before us grew The angry jaws Of a giant whale [instrumental noise] Oh Ohhhhhhhhhh [screaming] Ohhhhh [screaming] Don't know how I survived The crew all was chewed alive I must have slipped between his teeth But, O! What providence! What divine intelligence! That you should survive As well as me It gives my heart Great joy To see your eyes fill with fear So lean in close And I will whisper The last words you'll hear Ohh Ohhhhh If you find some error in The Mariner's Revenge Song Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Review about The Mariner's Revenge Song The Story | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/8/2007 Storytelling At It's Finest | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/31/2007 Absolutely fantastic storytelling. Keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting for the next line even after the first listen. Another brilliant song by The Decemberists. Far Beyond Average.. | Reviewer: Thom | 10/19/2007 I don't think He wrote this song... at least in it's entirety. hmmmm I flipp'n love it though Awesome song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/17/2007 the first time i heard this song i thought it was weird but then i heard the lyrics and this song is very sensitive i love it :D a great story song. | Reviewer: Johnny | 9/3/2007 I remember the first time I read this, I literally stopped what I was doing and leaned in to my stereo to hear what happened next. THAT is good story telling. Epic | Reviewer: Alexander | 7/25/2007 A ballad of such epic construction as has not been seen in quantity during these impersonal times. A masterwork of storytelling. Ummmm....... | Reviewer: I'm scared | 5/30/2007 this song is so weird!!! I have to do a SKIT for it, and i am petrified... wakes up naked? what? it's so ODD. I'm sad I had to listen to it! LOVE IT! | Reviewer: jessica | 5/25/2007 I absolutely LOVE this song. the first time i over heard it i fell in love with it. the music the lyrics they are genius. amazing | Reviewer: stephanie | 5/18/2007 I love this song! Though it is long it tells an amazing story that is totaly unrelatable to anything that is why I love it! I recommend it to everyone. ste rad Great song | Reviewer: symphonyofdissent | 4/29/2007 This song is amazing...As a death metal fan, however, I am dying to hear some band make a death cover of this song....it is sooo perfect for metal :)...When I heard this song live I just felt like slam dancing/moshing like crazy even in this current version Review By Pages: 1 2 Review the song The Mariner's Revenge Song The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics. | | ||||||||||||
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