Ten Thousand Throats

Verse 1

Salt crusts

Torn steel and oily sludge

Rusted hulls

Grim metal grinding

A fleet of ghosts that never dies

They breathe the smoke

They eat the rust

Blackbeard

He walks on every deck

He speaks through ten thousand throats

Chorus

The Black takes what the water owes

The Black takes where the cold wind blows

Fear the many faces of the king

Fear the many shadows that he brings

Kill or be kept

The debt is never paid

The debt is never paid

The debt is never paid

Post-Chorus

Heave

Haul

Bleed

Fall

Heave

Haul

Bleed

Fall

Verse 2

Engines

Screaming like a dying god

Black banners

Black blood on the white foam

A hive of monsters hungry for the spoils

They found the trench

They found the gate

They found the things that wait below

No mercy here

No land in sight

Just the iron

Just the dark

Chorus

The Black takes what the water owes

The Black takes where the cold wind blows

Fear the many faces of the king

Fear the many shadows that he brings

Kill or be kept

The debt is never paid

The debt is never paid

The debt is never paid

Bridge

Not a man

But a hunger

Not a ship

But a grave

One name

One law

One end

One name

One law

One end

The tide is rising blacker than the ink

Guitar Solo

Chorus

The Black takes what the water owes

The Black takes where the cold wind blows

Fear the many faces of the king

Fear the many shadows that he brings

Kill or be kept

The debt is never paid

The debt is never paid

The debt is never paid

Outro

The spoils remain

The sea remembers

He is everyone

He is no one

The Black

The Black

The Black