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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ye Banished Privateers
Ye Banished Privateers
Performer
Bellows
Bellows
Lead Vocals
Taljenblock
Taljenblock
Violin
Filthylocks
Filthylocks
Lead Vocals
Battery
Battery
Drums
Scurvy Ben
Scurvy Ben
Background Vocals
Monkey Boy
Monkey Boy
Background Vocals
Old Red
Old Red
Background Vocals
Shanghai Choong
Shanghai Choong
Sitar
MAGPIE
MAGPIE
Background Vocals
Silent Jim
Silent Jim
Mandolin
Nobility
Nobility
Harmonium
Harpy
Harpy
Harpsichord
Eva the Navigator
Eva the Navigator
Violin
Quick Fhinn
Quick Fhinn
Lead Vocals
Blackpowder Pete
Blackpowder Pete
Lead Vocals
Shameless Will
Shameless Will
Background Vocals
Freebird
Freebird
Violin
Hogeye McGuinn
Hogeye McGuinn
Banjo
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Anton Teljebäck
Anton Teljebäck
Songwriter
Björn Malmros
Björn Malmros
Songwriter
Richard Larsson
Richard Larsson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ye Banished Privateers
Ye Banished Privateers
Producer
Henrik Oja
Henrik Oja
Recording Engineer
Anton Teljebäck
Anton Teljebäck
Mixing Engineer
Björn Malmros
Björn Malmros
Mixing Engineer
Mats Hammarström
Mats Hammarström
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Chorus]
Hold close your sons and daughters
Hold all your loved ones near
We're chained below the water
Towards our grave we steer
Who knows if we cross over
What shall befall us there
We're drowning here in nowhere
We're running out of air
[Verse 1]
Tall and free we, walked the earth
Our land was grand untouched by man
The mountains gave to the river birth
Veins trough soil and dirt
But strife and conflict would grow
Rich soil turned friend into foe
To War! We fought and lost, now
Fate and souls lie shackled down below
[Chorus]
Hold close your sons and daughters
Hold all your loved ones near
We're chained below the water
Towards our grave we steer
Who knows if we cross over
What shall befall us there
We're drowning here in nowhere
We're running out of air
[Verse 2]
Neck to neck, our fates entwined
By heavy chains that drag us down
Broken souls in a floating fold
There's no way out of this damp dark hold
Our children born to slavery
Unfree with their first breath will be
You stole our history
Our names, our future, can't you see?
[Chorus]
Hold close your sons and daughters
Hold all your loved ones near
We're chained below the water
Towards our grave we steer
Who knows if we cross over
What shall befall us there
We're drowning here in nowhere
We're running out of air
[Chorus]
Hold close your sons and daughters
Hold all your loved ones near
We're chained below the water
Towards our grave we steer
Who knows if we cross over
What shall befall us there
We're drowning here in nowhere
We're running out of air
[Chorus]
Hold close your sons and daughters
Hold all your loved ones near
We're chained below the water
Towards our grave we steer
Who knows if we cross over
What shall befall us there
We're drowning here in nowhere
We're running out of air
Written by: Anton Teljebäck, Björn Malmros, Richard Larsson

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