master of my fate

i never had a lover and i never had a wife

i was sold off to the navy for a very meager price

at the age of seventeen

i'd spent half my life at sea

where i learned of all the hardships that a life on deck can mean

i've been tied up in the rigging

i've been flogged around the fleet

been the captains' scapegoat every time we've seen defeat

while us wapping boys where strung up and keel hauled from the plank

i watched the finer fellas move unscathed up the ranks

fate has brought me down this lane

nothing to be gained

all i know is this in these sails

but now it's time to tilt the scales

bloody but unbowed i stand tall at the oar

and i'll climb their scaffold once they bring me back to shore

i'm master of my fate

i am captain of my soul

and i'll ride this boat

all the way

to hell

sick of all the countless ways this game of life is rigged

i rallied every ruthless jack

that sailed upon our brig

see

destiny intended to take food right off my plate

i decided we should try to fight our biased fate

a moonlit night at sea

many miles away from land

we stormed the captain's cabin with marlin spikes in hand

from the officers quarters echoed screams out through the night

as we cut down every ranking fucker who put up a fight

fate has brought me down this lane

nothing to be gained

all i know is this in these sails

but now it's time to tilt the scales

bloody but unbowed i stand tall at the oar

and i'll climb their scaffold once they bring me back to shore

i'm master of my fate

i am captain of my soul

and i'll ride this boat

all the way

to hell

i've been called the ocean terror

the foul saltwater scourge

an enemy to mankind

that surely must be purged

but enlisted press ganged sailors

i parley just with thee

gather all your weapons and come roam the seas with me

but do not be mistaken

this is a one way trip

the last place you will call your home will be this haunted ship

we are headed to the gallows or the bottom of the sea

they'll catch us and they'll kill us

whichever first will be

fate has brought me down this lane

nothing to be gained

all i know is this in these sails

but now it's time to tilt the scales

bloody but unbowed i stand tall at the oar

and i'll climb their scaffold once they bring me back to shore

i'm master of my fate

i am captain of my soul

and i'll ride this boat

all the way

to hell