I crewed on a fair golden ship that
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Went down at the dawn of the world.
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We mutinied and sentenced our captain to die,
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a¢æ?Fore our sails had barely unfurled.
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We sank shortly after our riot;
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Wanton flame and our powder kegs met.
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While I swam for my life there came voices aloft -
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Joyful, unearthly, and dread -
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Singing of a violent, tireless mystery:
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That one would give his life to save his enemy.
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Too bone-tired to keep my arms moving,
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To swim or even grasp after straws.
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The undertow drew me down into its cold
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And infinite indigo jaws.
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I heard singing of a violent, tireless mystery:
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That one would give his life to save his enemy.
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I thought I must be dead or dreaming,
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When my captain - still battered, betrayed -
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Pulled me up, laid me over the beam he'd clung to,
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Breathed his last, and sank under the waves.
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Your body is a bridge across an endless sea.
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Your body is a bridge across an endless sea.
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The Great Exchange
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