The Crimson Ballet

Verse 1

Salt

Bitter and cold

Stinging my lungs

Deep in the hull I wait

Cold water

Black water

Creeping up the floorboards

The wood begins to rot

Iron chains rattle

Rattle and ring

I hear them

I hear her

Laughing in the dark

Chorus

She is the crimson death

Blood on the waves

Blood on the sand

Crimson death

Watch it smolder

Watch it burn

Watch it fall

The laughing corpse sails on

Sails on and on

Verse 2

Rope burns

Hands turned raw

Blistered and blue

Screams don't carry far

No air

No hope

No way out

The captain has no skin

White teeth

Wide grin

Bony fingers

Cold fingers

Dead fingers

Pulling at the anchor

Chorus

She is the crimson death

Blood on the waves

Blood on the sand

Crimson death

Watch it smolder

Watch it burn

Watch it fall

The laughing corpse sails on

Sails on and on

Bridge

Under the moon

Under the stars

Under the tide

Everything turns red

Nothing stays alive

Nothing stays dry

The fire on the water

The heat in the wind

Smoke rising

Ash falling

Smolder and smoke

Chorus

She is the crimson death Blood on the waves

Blood on the sand

Crimson death

Watch it smolder

Watch it burn

Watch it fall

The laughing corpse sails on

Sails on and on

Outro

Keep laughing

Keep laughing

The ship is sinking

I am sinking

Smolder

Smolder

Crimson

Gone