Twelve Steps (to Hell) Lyrics

A new day is dawning
and so is the sea
Like ghosts we are longing
to finally reign free
Freedom like all things
it comes with a price
Both beggars and kings
must pay with their lives!

Onward!
We plunder and maim
For gold runs like blood
and this is our game
No way
back to the shore
The life of a pirate -
there's nothing more!

Pre-Chorus:

From the harsh Baltic,
a storm on the rise
Performing its antic,
the coming demise
Cowardly hiding
in shadows entwined,
the horsemen are riding,
just waiting to strike

Without fate's warning
and no eyes to see,
the pyres are burning -
so let it be!
No light without darkness,
no gain without loss
The heart of the heartless
nailed to the cross!

Chorus 1:

An ocean to freedom
or twelve steps to hell,
our destiny's calling tonight
When legends are born
with a story to tell -
a tragedy's burning so bright

Through oceans of blood
on twelve steps to hell,
our destiny's dying tonight
Those legends will fall
and their stories shall tell
of tragedy's venomous bite

Hallowed be the hunted
and blessed be the dead,
forever bound to his flag
Beheaded but free,
he still haunts the sea
Cannons roar forevermore
from shore to shore...

...we are sailing
into the unknown
on this final journey
where ill winds have blown
Steady she goes,
defying the waves
We are getting close,
so ready our graves!

No hope -
the die is cast
The reaper is lurking,
this day be our last
Once more
we‘ll bow to none
Just one more song
Non serviam!

Pre-Chorus

Chorus 1

From the throne of piracy
and into the chains of defeat
A pact was made
to save the damned,
to free all those who must bleed
How many steps
are left for the dead?
How many lives will be spared?
The blade swings swiftly –
off with his head!
He still marches on unimpaired

One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve steps to hell!

Chorus 2:

Walk on
Walk on
Walk forever undone
We follow the one
into hell and beyond
to where we belong

Hallowed be the hunted
and blessed be the dead,
forever bound to his flag
Beheaded but free,
he still haunts the sea
Cannons roar forever

Remember his name
and carry on the flame
This death
shall not be in vain
Twelve steps to tell
quite a story – farewell!
See you all in hell...