Burn the Boats Lyrics


The sea is black

Fishing boats come empty back

Big ships are taking the fish far away

Plundering the hope of those who must stay

They’re crying, despairing: will they all now die?

Searching for a way out but finding a lie

There is no hope when profit rules all

Greed will succeed, humans will fall

Dead bodies they bring from the sea

People in despair that had tried to flee

Like a plague greed in the world has spread

Slave till you fall, and then beg till your dead

Broken they beg their children to feed

Surrender themselves to the masters of greed

Burn your ships and become our slaves

The aid you’ll get for it will lead to your graves

I will not bow, I will not be a slave I will stand tall

I will not yield, I will not abandon the great seas call

I won’t bow down, so rise up and come follow me

We will not yield, we will build a new ship, and we’ll sail the sea

We will set sail over the sea

We will catch fish, we will be free

The fish we catch we’ll bring back to shore

No one shall starve forevermore

We will not bow, we will not be slaves we will stand tall

We will not yield, we will not abandon the great seas call

We won’t bow down, so rise up and come follow me

We will not yield, we will build a new ship, and we’ll sail the sea