The Devil's Contract

Verse 1

Black ink on a parchment of bone

I traded my soul for the sea

Knuckles white on a splintering wheel

And the tempest agreed with me

Blood in the ledger of salt

Fathomless depths to repay

Every wave I command is a debt

That takes my soul farther away

Pre-Chorus

Old Leviathan laughs

Kraken coils in the deep

And my compass points down

To the bargain I keep

Chorus

I signed my name in the devil's fire

Captain of a gilded ghost

One more sunrise I'll deny

Sailing on a burning coast

My contract written in the flood

Black sails over crimson mud

I lost the war the day I signed

Storm and salt and stolen time

Verse 2

Gold in my palm turns to ash

As the mast begins to groan

Every port I could never keep

Now the ocean claims its own

Stars rearranged for my sin

Moon split like a broken bell

Cap'n Faust of the endless tide

Sewn to a vessel bound for hell

Pre-Chorus

The crew below the planks

Whisper my hollow name

And the horned ones grin

As the storm takes aim

Chorus

I signed my name in the devil's fire

Captain of a gilded ghost

One more sunrise I'll deny

Sailing on a burning coast

My contract written in the flood

Black sails over crimson mud

I lost the war the day I signed

Storm and salt and stolen time

Outro

Stolen time

Stolen time