Two Years Before The Mast-Astronautalis

[ti:Two Years Before The Mast] [ar:Astronautalis] [al:Pomegranate] [offset:0] [00:00.13]Two years spent before the mast [00:02.26]And no one knows the secrets that we're hiding [00:04.62] [00:05.39]If word got loose you'd face the lash [00:10.38]And thirteen loops would hold me fast and silent [00:13.06]Things are not always as they seem to be [00:22.24]Outside us devil got poor persephone but they can't take [00:30.34]They can't take you from me they can't take you from me [00:37.96]Can't take you from me can't take you from me [00:46.32]Mr jones done made a mistake it's all business [00:52.74]Worse thing than the watery grave with poor rictus [00:54.81]I found and bound a barrel of grain in the hold listless [00:57.29]So hollow half out of dismay frayed princess [00:58.80]I guess I've gone soft on my age they call it instinct [01:01.47]The rebels get the devil to pay her the cat hissing [01:03.48]Gonna start I know I oughta send her to the brig [01:05.53]But strongest not scared and still bothered with calm winds [01:07.35]And all things aren't what they seem to be and [01:09.79]Small walls separating earth from eden [01:11.35]One rib did give eve a meaning [01:13.47]And one snip might could keep a secret [01:15.66]With the short hair there and a change of clothing [01:17.59]Fit right in and work soak and oakum [01:19.71]Four fortnights she'll annul with the opium [01:22.09]I might slip by but for her and boatswain [01:24.33]Two years spent before the mast [01:26.14]And no one knows the secrets that we're hiding [01:29.56]If word got loose you'd face the lash [01:34.55]And thirteen loops would hold me fast and silent [01:37.67]Things are not always as they seem to be [01:46.47]Outside us devil got poor persephone [01:52.45]But they can't take they can't take you from me [01:58.04]Clip of her shears twist of her hair to the air handsomely [02:21.27]'Til it floated down on the cloud [02:25.96]Reflected on the glassy sea and the winds disappear [02:33.49]Stripped almost bare bathe in a transfixed state [02:38.24]And all things are what they seem to be [02:43.85]She floated next to me just out of reach [02:48.23]There is no knot so steadfast [02:49.86]It won't go broke in the middle of monsoons [02:51.92]You both don't show waiting watching [02:53.53]With wet lips your clothes soaked through [02:55.41]Blinded mind of the red sky and oxide clouds [02:57.96]The injustice of feds made in wisconsin [02:59.71]Blooms coupled up with the stem means there's no rain [03:01.89]Once you poked a bridge against the bulkhead the world pitched [03:04.02]Pulled to your sh*t with soft needs and the soap stone [03:06.20]Mr jones is the poor soul who walked into a tempest [03:08.39]And this time two poor fools [03:10.01]Give them a whipping and head sail quirks quick lose [03:12.26]The best men can end when the storm rolls through [03:14.38]So we paid our keep for the sin of a reckless dream [03:17.69]In the scene where secrets sleep [03:19.89]Between me her the devil and the deep blue sea [03:22.20]Two years spent before the mast [03:24.20]And no one knows the secrets that we're hiding [03:27.41]If word got loose you'd face the lash [03:32.53]And thirteen loops would hold me fast and silent [03:36.07]Things are not always as they seem to be outside us [03:47.06]Devil got poor persephone but they can't take [03:52.43]They can't take you from me [03:55.92]They can't take you from me [04:00.04]Can't take you from me can't take you from me