Alfred van Luttikhuizen - The Sinking Ship lyrics

These sinking ships you're walking on Did come along the silky shores So settle down and keep hammering on These sinking ships you're walking on Did come along the silky shores So settle down and keep hammering on Roots don't apply Where oars swing the tide Is this the place where we belong? The mystic place where we belong? [Chorus] And it weighs ten ton and a stone Take the place on the rudder When will we decide that we shouldn't have done it? And it weighs ten ton and a stone Take the place on the rudder When will we decide that we shouldn't have done it? Now where did we burn the top of the stern And how did we take the wrong turn Long is our wail, the carronades are useless back away Break these ballasts and shape the waves Woe to the shapes that hold us Wolves aim to take the wood on the bow Give them no leverage [Chorus] And it weighs ten ton and a stone Take the place on the rudder When will we decide that we shouldn't have done it? And it weighs ten ton and a stone Take the place on the rudder When will we decide that we shouldn't have done it? Youth, know your stride I know your heart, I know your strife You! Come play with me And I will throw all your hopes into the sea!! Place we've been count for nothing now It's inescapable with me! 'cause we're stealing the white coasts of summer! These sinking ships you're walking on Did come along the silky shores So settle down and keep hammering on [Chorus] And it takes ten ton in a stone Take the place on the rudder When will we decide that we shouldn't have done it? And it takes ten ton in a stone Take the place on the rudder When will we decide that we shouldn't have done it? On this endless road We've quenched all the flames And we're still afloat We kept all the souls We carried to sea alive But the wolves on the bow Are tearing up all we've hammered somehow Give them no leverage, give them no leverage Give them no leverage!