Track · Aug 19, 2026 · English
BLACK FLAG RISING
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English
Lyrics
[Intro – slow blues guitar, distant thunder]
[Captain – gravelly drawl]
Sun’s going down, boys…
Port’s behind us.
Lawman’s on the dock.
And every bastard aboard knows
exactly what that means.
[Crew – low]
No chains…
No kings…
No mercy…
[Captain]
Raise the black.
[Heavy riff]
[Verse 1]
Got a bottle in my coat,
Got a pistol by my side,
Got thirty wanted devils
And an unforgiving tide.
Left the gallows in the harbor,
Left the governor his pride,
Now the only law that owns us
Is the black flag when she flies.
[Pre-Chorus]
[Captain]
What do we owe the crown?
[Crew]
NOT A DAMN THING!
[Captain]
What do we owe the sea?
[Crew]
BLOOD AND STEEL!
[Captain]
Haul that bastard higher!
[Crew]
LET THE WHOLE WORLD SEE!
[Chorus – gang vocals]
BLACK FLAG RISING!
HIGH ABOVE THE MAST!
BLACK FLAG RISING!
WE’VE CUT AWAY THE PAST!
No king commands us!
No rope can hold us!
LET THE THUNDER ROLL!
BLACK FLAG RISING—
AND THE DEVIL OWNS OUR SOULS!
[Instrumental – dirty blues guitar]
[Verse 2]
Old Briggs works the rigging
With a knife between his teeth,
Red Molly guards the powder,
Mean as Hell upon the sea.
One-Eyed Jack is laughing
As he loads another round,
And the captain grips the wheel
While the harbor fades behind.
Thirty thieves and killers,
Every one condemned to hang,
Now they’re brothers on the water
When the iron ship bell clangs.
[Captain]
Sound off, bastards!
Are we thieves?!
[Crew]
AYE!
[Captain]
Are we killers?!
[Crew]
AYE!
[Captain]
ARE WE GOING BACK?!
[Crew]
HELL NO!
[Heavy Drop – industrial bass]
[Chorus]
BLACK FLAG RISING!
HIGH ABOVE THE MAST!
BLACK FLAG RISING!
WE’VE CUT AWAY THE PAST!
Let the navy hunt us!
Let the gallows wait!
WE’LL DRINK WITH DEATH
AND MAKE THE DEVIL WAIT!
BLACK FLAG RISING!
LET THE OCEAN KNOW—
WHEREVER THAT BLACK BANNER FLIES,
HELL AIN’T FAR BELOW!
[Bridge – slow blues]
[Captain]
Some men sail for country…
Some men sail for gold…
Some men beg forgiveness
before the water takes their souls.
Me?
I sail because no living man
will ever own me again.
[Crushing riff]
[Crew – low chant]
No kings…
No chains…
No kings…
No chains…
NO KINGS!
NO CHAINS!
[Captain]
THEN RAISE IT!
[Breakdown]
[Crew]
RAISE!
THE!
BLACK!
RAISE!
THE!
BLACK!
[Captain]
HIGHER, BOYS!
[Crew]
RAISE!
THE!
BLACK!
[Captain]
LET ’EM SEE US COMING!
[Final Chorus]
BLACK FLAG RISING!
TEAR ACROSS THE SKY!
BLACK FLAG RISING!
FREE MEN SAIL TONIGHT!
No king commands us!
No grave awaits us!
ONLY WIND AND FOAM!
BLACK FLAG RISING—
AND THE SEA SHALL BE OUR HOME!
[Finale – guitars slowing]
[Crew]
HO! HO!
RAISE THE BLACK!
HO! HO!
NO TURNING BACK!
HO! HO!
RAISE THE BLACK!
[Captain]
Set our heading east.
There’s gold waiting somewhere…
And I’ll be damned
if another bastard finds it first.
[Final guitar hit]
Style
slow southern blues metalpirate gang chantsgravelly captaincrushing riffsdark shantylight dubstepenglish
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Prompt by
Tankitall
TankitallGeneratedAug 19, 2026
ModelZona