Oh Captain, My Captain... Lyrics

Journal entry, fourteen-seven-four,
Our nation's ruler, empowered by God above;
Has made me Captain of the vessel, Mercy Childe,
Across the Second Sea, we search for lands unknown.

I am a servant, I follow my command,
My men are able; strong and worthy hands.
I leave my family - my wife will wait for me,
The ship is all now, the crew responsibility.

Enter unknown... stars will guide us home.

Two dead crewmen, the Mercy Childe was lost,
Drifting aimless, upon the Second Sea.
The Pilot missing, his post is vacant long -
I read the charts now, their meaning is obscurity.

The journey has begun - the journey has begun...

The stars that guide our crossing course,
Seem to me so cold and small,
Beacons I don't know,
Beacons I don't know at all.

Questions stalk my stalwart vessel,
Plagued by dreams of mutiny,
Frightened for my own survival,
Has the answer come to me?

Has the answer come to me?

The stars that guide our crossing course,
Seem to me so cold and small,
Beacons I don't know,
Beacons I don't know at all.