Track · Aug 25, 2026 · English
BACK FROM THE DEAD
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Lyrics
[Intro – dark organ, slow blues guitar]
[Captain – gravelly drawl]
Easy now, boys…
Let the old girl breathe.
We sailed through waters with no sun,
Where dead men whispered what we’d done.
We shook the Collector’s bloody hand,
Then stole our souls back from the damned.
[Organ swells]
And I’ll be damned…
I smell land.
[Crew – low gang vocals]
Home…
Home…
The bastards made it home…
[Heavy riff]
[Verse 1]
Three black sails through morning fog,
Hull scarred deep and timbers charred,
Thirty devils still aboard,
Too damn mean to meet the Lord.
We crossed a sea no chart could name,
Drank with ghosts and cheated graves,
Watched death himself stare down our crew—
And the bastard blinked before we do.
[Pre-Chorus]
[Captain]
Tell me, boys…
Did death take any?
[Crew]
NOT A DAMN ONE!
[Captain]
Then raise that flag.
[Crew]
RAISE THE BLACK!
[Chorus – gang sea shanty]
BACK FROM THE DEAD!
BACK FROM THE DEEP!
We kept our blood,
Our gold,
Our teeth!
BACK FROM THE DEAD!
LET THE BELLS BE RUNG!
The damned came home
With loaded guns!
[Organ stab]
[Massive bass drop]
[Verse 2]
But something changed while we were gone,
Our names were carved on every wall.
Wanted dead in every port,
Every crown had sent their swords.
Children knew our bloody tale,
Sailors cursed our crimson sails,
Taverns sang of men who’d died—
While every bastard here survived.
[Captain – amused growl]
They buried us without the bodies.
Heh…
Poor stupid bastards.
[Heavy riff]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Captain]
How much they offering?
[Crew]
MORE GOLD THAN WE’VE EVER SEEN!
[Captain]
For my head?
[Crew]
FOR ALL OF US!
[Captain]
Well…
That’s fuckin’ flattering.
[Crew – laughter]
YAAARRRGH!
[Chorus – gang vocals]
BACK FROM THE DEAD!
BACK FROM THE DEEP!
The grave went hungry,
Death got cheated!
BACK FROM THE DEAD!
BLACK FLAG HIGH!
Tell every king—
WE NEVER DIED!
[Organ and guitar breakdown]
[Bass drop]
[Bridge – Captain over slow organ]
We left this world as thieves and killers.
Came back as legends.
Every navy knows our colors.
Every gallows knows our names.
And if the whole damn world
Has been waiting for us…
[Captain – growling]
Let’s not keep ’em waiting.
[Crew]
YAAAAARRRRGH!
[Final Chorus – full crew]
BACK FROM THE DEAD!
BACK FOR MORE!
Load the guns
And bar the shore!
BACK FROM THE DEAD!
HEAR US ROAR!
We crossed through hell—
AND CAME BACK FOR WAR!
BACK FROM THE DEAD!
RAISE IT HIGH!
Blood-red sails
Beneath black skies!
No grave below!
No crown above!
THE BLACK FLAG SAILS—
AND THAT’S ENOUGH!
[Final bass drop]
[Organ rings beneath slow crushing riff]
[Outro]
[Captain – gravelly drawl]
Home sweet home, boys…
Now…
Who’s got the fucking rum?
[Crew – distant laughter]
YAAAAARRRRGH!
Style
slow pirate southern bluesdark organheavy dubstepsea shantiesgravelly captaincrushing riffsbass dropsenglish
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Tankitall
TankitallGeneratedAug 25, 2026
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