Build for me your tightest ship
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make the oars run swift and fast.
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Send me out your strongest crew
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make their hearts and minds steadfast.
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Bless me with Athene
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there's no meaner, she's the best.
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For when we hit the roughest seas
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we'll need all we can get.
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You say "sink or swim", what a cruel cruel phrase
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I'd rather fly, don't want to get caught in this endless race.
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The first beast that will appear
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will entice us with money and fame.
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If you listen long enough
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you'll forget there's anything else.
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Tie me to the mast
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of this ship and of this band.
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Tie me to the greater things
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the people that I love.
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You can walk the plank, do the dead man's float
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Never let them see, your heart is pounding full of hope.
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Let the last storm hit us
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let it strike at the hardest part.
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Turn us all to mutiny
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turn this boat upside down.
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I am not the captain
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I am just another fan.
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Sailing off the edge of truth
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into the end of you.
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Eye of the storm, what a cruel myth
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There's no bigger spotlight than show
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on the ones brave enough to live.
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The End Of You
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Sleater-Kinney |