Ship is Sinking

Available on our second album, "The Legend of Libertalia" (Ye Banished Privateers 2015).
Lyrics:
[verse 1]When I woke up this night ye ship was sinking
Ship is sinking down
The lifeboat is wrecked and the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
The lookout is drunk and the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Fire is loose and the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
[Verse 2]
So cut off the ropes cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
The captain’s marooned and the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
The riggin’s ablaze and the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Cut the prisoners loose, cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
[Chorus]
Starboard is to the left, larboard now to the right
nowhere be land in sight, ship is sinking
The rudder be in a spin, water is flooding in
ship is sinking down
[Riff]
[Verse 3]
Now spit in your hat cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Finish yer rum cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Sweet Molly me love the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
I curse you Marlene for the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
[Riff]
[Verse 4]
Learn how to swim cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Take off yer boots cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Man all the pumps, cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Climb fer the nest, cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
[Riff]
[verse 5
All hands on deck cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Gangplank fer all cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Swabboy be captain when the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Settle yer debts cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
[Verse 6]
Swallow yer hat, cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Say all yer prayers cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
Abandon all hope cause the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
and shiver me timbers the ship is sinking
Ship is sinking down
[Riff]
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
Starboard is to the left, larboard now to the right,
nowhere be land in sight, ship is sinking
The rudder be in a spin, water is flooding ins
hip is sinking down
[Chorus]
Starboard is to the left, larboard now to the right,
nowhere be land in sight, ship is sinking
The rudder be in a spin, water is flooding in
ship is sinking down

[@Silcoonsixx]

No matter how often I listen to this, I always love that slow build to absolute chaos.

[@williamhardway6436]

Very well written, indeed. These guys are good

[@misterfister7714]

Paints the picture...

[@TheBowTizzle]

I always interperet this as a bait and switch. You think they’re talking about their own ship, when in reality it’s a party and they’re celebrating because they sank the OTHER guy’s ship. 😂

[@mithranigrandaric5872]

I agree, that's a wonderful interpretation of 'starboard is to the left, larboard is to the right'. That's only true if they're looking at a ship from the front, not when looking at their own ship.

[@silverseth7]

@@mithranigrandaric5872 I interpeted Larboard as Harbor , as in port, as we know it today. Which, would be the case, with the ship capsizing and already upsidedown. Navigate while walking on the ceiling.

[@SillyAmoeba]

guys
i think the ship is sinking

[@helmsplitter0233]

I love how the commentary of the singer is like the thought going through his head as the ship is sinking as he takes toll of his situation,

[@arthurschamne9804]

Yeah, the first 2 verses is the calm "Oh the ship seems to be sinking" and the rest is the sudden realization of "Oh shit! The ship is sinking!"

[@myphoneisbarking]

Would love to see a music video for this. A crew frantically trying and failing to save their doomed vessel.

[@spacemonkey2046]

I could make a video of me trying to clean up my rooms, when my mother comes for a visit^^ Should fit perfect😁😋

[@naplockblubba5369]

I can't tell, is the ship sinking? He didn't say it enough for me to be entirely sure

[@xoen6]

Check what this is about, because some people made it wrong...

[@naplockblubba5369]

@@xoen6 What

[@Gg3ezz]

I heard that the lifeboats are wrecked thats it

[@ZefDavenport]

I heard the captain is having troubles sinking the ship.

[@bobafettfett1142]

Nah man the ship is floating up into the sky I mean obviously

[@darkwitcher0072]

Damn, this song made me feel like I was there in the middle of a sinking ship. The build up, the tone, the music...everything is just perfect.

[@corncutter]

Love this song. It is always part of our playlist when we are sailing across the Sea of Thieves.

[@jakemusselman8172]

Just found you guys and love everything you do.

[@solidwaterenjoyer]

I put a playlist together of pirate songs to listen to on Sea of Thieves, this is like the first thing I put on, it’s amazing 👌

[@lennyl634]

Same for me when I'm playing to Naval action as a pirate 👌

[@aeon6663]

Listen to Alestorm!

[@Illitha]

@@aeon6663 The Jolly Rogers are a good pick too!

[@iversonkivanc]

I listen to this while playing gangplank

[@lovebuzz4116]

@@iversonkivanc i listen to this when i play miss fortune

[@davidbueche5487]

I became aware of this song because it was a closing piece for the documentary "Enron: the smartest guys in the room", which was also the biggest sinking ship in the 2000 market crash. Before they delisted the stock, I bought my only shares in Enron, paid $10 for 100 shares, and took delivery of the certificate, suitable for framing. Boy, was my broker mad for the hassle, but I wanted a piece of that history!

[@LOFMUSCiLIVESTREAM]

you deserve more than 10k subs, you have an amazing voice. I love you!

[@schmidt9741]

The ship is what ? Can't hear you over the sound of the ship sinking

[@gavinbradley8981]

My Academic Career as of right now

[@joncap6815]

I think that the ship is maybe sinking down.
I don't think I've heard it enough times
This song is gold btw

[@alf2ih457]

my fav song when all lanes are inting

[@CruelusRex]

This song is like a hard drug.

[@skrap5008]

Well. Its time to get meself and mekayak and go to the sea. Thank for existing Banished Privateers.

[@novustalks7525]

Same

[@xoen6]

Status: legendary.

[@ErikThiart]

I wish they make another song like this.hands down the best song ever.

[@jakubwojtan2233]

This song makes me feel Good

[@ErikThiart]

Love this song!!

[@jharka4396]

Listening to this feels different when you hear it while your apartment is flooding because you forgot to turn off the kitchen faucet.

[@PlayerONeSVK]

Love this song

[@zephyr7]

one of the best ones in the album

[@null8363]

Absolutely amazing song

[@henriquemotta7921]

this is really amazing.

[@emrectr5648]

ya deserve better , thanks for the great work

[@ceciliarb7297]

Me encanta ....!!!!!!!!

[@theeverburninglamp1518]

By the end I'm running round and round the coffee table

[@thorlof23]

awesome song and video keep it up!!!!!!

[@pauljo3747]

🔥🔥

[@pkhei1]

Really good song, I enjoyed it thoroughly!

[@thatTemplar9934]

me and the boys singing this while playing SOT

[@sgt_false]

They've got the terms reversed. Larboard, now called Port, is left. Starboard is right.

[@YeBanishedPrivateers]

Exactly. You need to do a bit of creative thinking to figure out why They are reversed in this Song.

[@Voogie7]

Pretty sure that's because the Up is Down

[@MasterAndreRaven]

Could also equally be that the quartermaster (as "the captain's marooned", so he's not the singer of the song) is hardly a replacement for the captain of the ship. And the main reason WHY the ship is sinking is because the quartermaster is terrible at his job.

[@MasterAndreRaven]

Additionally to that point, that means that everyone else on the ship would have moved up a position from their previous one. Which depending on their training and experience at sea could leave more than a few positions manned by people who have no idea what the fuck they're doing.
Which...would explain everything that the quartermaster is singing about. Because everyone in the roles below him have failed at their new duties, leading to disaster.

[@doredam8919]

@@MasterAndreRaven I think it might also just be the chaos of the moment while the ship is sinking

[@dimo2081]

how the sot open crew reacts when we get a single tier one hole

[@cookie0955]

This song is perfect for the knife game

[@CinevaSubPat]

You just know they did all they could

[@Yeppsm]

Verse 3 is my favorite lol

[@viktorkachovski5252]

This song perfectly describes 2022...

[@langos7946]

This should be Pyke theme

[@stefanobecchini2125]

i see a fellow nerd over here

[@gabriellincolnleal01]

ship is sinking 😔

[@quintinjansevanvuuren9638]

Hard

[@whosthetank777]

This is outstanding work, and as a side note, I can definitely see this being used in a space game. I know it sounds weird. But. I see it going down in space using old pirate music like this ^_^

[@shawdow357]

Now is it the singer’s ship?… or is it a foe’s ship and he’s taunting them?

[@MousyTTR]

good question tbh

[@blackened_waters]

it's the foe's ship that they just boarded cuz he is saying "cut of the ropes the ship is sinking"

[@aodh_ruadh]

Beautiful song to sing in the shower

[@AsparagusRex]

Me playing Sea of Thieves with my friends:

[@sametto87]

I’m looking for a game that uses this song as a trailer song, but can’t find it anywhere and it is almost disappeared from the internet.. does anybody know that game?

[@ayanansari6232]

Might have just been a random edit.

[@pantadeusz8452]

Will u added this song to iTunes or I must pirate it XD

[@gabrieltarasco4781]

Can you make the musique for Apple musique pleaaaaase 😢

[@trevormckay677]

Are you sure its sinking?

[@novustalks7525]

this is so goofy he's barely comprehensible 🤣

[@Draud]

What is the ship "thinking" about?
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[@moncbarrera]

Hahahahahaha. Funniest comment! I loved it!!

[@pedicle5509]

lol

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@@moncbarrera +1

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