Track · Aug 23, 2026 · English
WHERE THE COMPASS DIES
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[Intro – slow reggae bass, blues guitar]
[Captain – gravelly]
We followed that dead ship
Beyond the harbor light.
No wind upon her rotten sails.
Still she cut the night.
Our compass held her northward
Till midnight crossed the sky.
Then every needle turned at once…
And pointed at the tide.
[Crew – low]
No north…
No south…
[Captain]
Well…
That ain’t good.
[Slow heavy reggae riff]
[Verse 1]
Fog rolled across the water,
Thick as graveyard dirt.
Stars vanished overhead.
Even moonlight wouldn’t work.
That dead ship stayed before us,
Always just in sight.
Never closer.
Never farther.
Dragging us through night.
I ordered hard to starboard.
The wheel pulled us straight.
[Crew]
CAPTAIN!
[Captain]
I know!
Something underneath these waters
Has hold of our damned fate.
[Reggae dubstep pulse]
[Chorus – slow gang chant]
WHERE THE COMPASS DIES!
NO LAND IN SIGHT!
DEAD SHIP DRAGS US
THROUGH THE NIGHT!
BLACK SEA!
BLACK SKY!
NOT A SINGLE STAR
TO GUIDE!
NO KING!
NO CHAINS!
WE SAIL WHERE DEAD MEN
HIDE THEIR NAMES!
[Heavy bass drop]
[Verse 2]
Then the ocean stopped moving.
Not calm.
Stopped.
Waves froze against the hull
Like the sea itself had died.
[Crew – whispered]
Captain…
[Single deep reggae bass drop]
Something struck below us.
[Single deep reggae bass drop]
Then again.
[Captain]
Hold steady.
From beneath the blackened water
Rose a hundred broken masts.
Ships from every age of man…
All chained beneath our path.
[Crew – low]
Lost at sea…
Lost at sea…
[Captain]
Names carved into every hull.
Kings.
Pirates.
Men of war.
All of them had come this way.
None had sailed back before.
[Breakdown – deep reggae dubstep]
Then our compass cracked.
[Sharp bass drop]
The needle hit the deck.
It spun around my bloody boot…
Then pointed straight ahead.
That dead ship stopped moving.
Its rotten sails went wide.
And beyond it through the darkness…
Two green fires opened their eyes.
[Crew – whispered]
What is that?
[Captain]
I reckon we found
where he lives.
[Slow crushing riff]
A voice rolled across the sea.
“You were warned.”
[Silence]
[Captain]
Aye.
I ignored it.
[Crew – building]
BLACK FLAG!
BLACK FLAG!
[Final Chorus – slow and heavy]
WHERE THE COMPASS DIES!
WE STILL SAIL!
THROUGH DEAD WATER!
THROUGH CURSED HELL!
NO NORTH!
NO HOME!
WE FOLLOW DEATH
WHEREVER IT ROAMS!
NO KING!
NO CHAINS!
NO DEAD GOD
WILL OWN OUR NAMES!
COLLECTOR!
LIGHT YOUR FLAME!
THE BLACK FLAG’S HERE—
AND WE CAME FOR YOUR NAME!
[Outro – slow reggae bass]
The green fires grew closer.
Chains rose from the deep.
And something enormous
moved beneath our keel.
[Crew – low]
Captain…
[Captain]
Load the cannons.
Whatever owns these waters…
We’re about to piss it off.
[Deep reggae bass drop]
Style
slow southern metal bluesheavy reggae dubstepgravelly captainpirate crew chantsdeep bass groovecrushing riffsenglish
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Tankitall
TankitallGeneratedAug 23, 2026
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