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We were hopeful, optimistic, believers at the start The spirit of discovery was burning in our hearts We were hungry for adventure with our battle flag unfurled When we set out on a journey to the bottom of the world Well our good ship the Endurance fought a noble fight Defeated by the pressure that attacked from every side She sank beneath the surface, and the icy water swirled As she drifted to the bottom, the bottom of the world Well here's to good old Shakespeare, the Holy Hound was he A loyal friend until the end, the best one he could be Never gave us any trouble, his tail just wagged and curled Raise a glass to good old Shakespeare at the bottom of the world We were stranded and abandoned, at the mercy of the sea I've seen the face of death, and he was staring back at me Into an angry ocean our battered boat was hurled We tangled with the Devil at the bottom of the world Here's to Shackleton, our leader, for keeping us alive His determination the only reason we survived Because of him I'll be coming home to my wife and my little girl Yeah, we made it home together from the bottom of the world

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This savage landscape of ice and despair Has brought me to madness and stranded me there Let me go, ah, let me go Here in the grasp of a long polar night I pray to the sky and the old southern lights Let me go, ah, let me go Home, show me the way to go home Long for my loved ones and the comforts of home But this lonely landscape won't leave me alone Let me go, ah, let me go Faded, old pictures of my family I pray to the ice and the wind and the sea Let me go, ah, let me go Home, show me the way to go home Scan the horizon and wait for a sign Haunted by fear that I'm losing my mind Let me go, ah, let me go Home, show me the way to go home

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The orders came this morning The dogs, they've had their day News came down, and no one made a sound We saw it coming from a mile away The Holy Hound they called you Fearless, faithful and true Much esteemed, a leader of the team A better friend than most folks that I knew Here's to good old Shakespeare, the poor old boy, he's gone He shuffled off this mortal coil into the great beyond Your name will be remembered, and your spirit carries on Here's to good old Shakespeare; Good old Shakespeare's gone Through our constant struggle Never heard you complain You'll always be in our memory Forever with me 'til my dying day Here's to good old Shakespeare, the poor old boy, he's gone He shuffled off this mortal coil into the great beyond Your name will be remembered, and your spirit carries on Here's to good old Shakespeare; Good old Shakespeare's gone

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Our beloved barquentine A finer ship I've never seen Sturdy, stubborn, strong as oak She took us far as she could go Until she came under attack by the pressure of the pack And as her days began to wane The flightless birds sang the refrain Goodnight, sweet chariot, goodnight Oh how the emperors they cried Goodnight, sweet chariot, goodnight Oh how the emperors they cried all through the night She put up a noble fight for thirty days and thirty nights As her timbers creaked and moaned we heard them crack like breaking bone Her mighty stern was last to go It disappeared beneath the floe And on the day she slipped away The flightless birds, they gathered and sang Goodnight, sweet chariot, goodnight Oh how the emperors they cried all through the night Sweet chariot, goodnight Oh how the emperors they cried all through the night

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This can't be happening, shipwrecked and desperate Feels like it's out of our hands I feel panic creeping in, fear and adrenaline This wasn't part of the plan This can't be happening, held captive by the wind A million miles from anywhere We try to pass the time, occupy our minds We study Science from an Easy Chair This angry wind is blowing, it cuts just like a rusty blade We've got no way of knowing how much more we can take We walk the madhouse promenade This can't be happening, we won't make it home again We've got no chance of escape We're off the map again, looks like we've reached the end Could this be our final resting place? This angry wind is blowing, it cuts just like a rusty blade We've got no way of knowing how much more we can take We walk the madhouse promenade

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The spirit of discovery is alive and well today Burning in our hearts like roman candles We set out for adventure a half a world away We bet it all on a calculated gamble The open sea before us, the endless sky above The feeling of the wind upon our faces We gave up the comforts and luxuries of home In hopes of finding undiscovered places Bright are the faces looking toward the new frontier Bright like the stars that shine above me The spirit of discovery The spirit of discovery, the hunger to explore Here's to the age of exploration Standing on the shoulders of men who came before And going farther than their legs would take them We are the wanderers, we are the pioneers These are the days, these are the memories The spirit of discovery Bright are the faces looking toward the new frontier Bright like the stars that shine above me These are the moments I'll remember through the years These are the things that leave me wondering The spirit of discovery

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We're kept alive by a hunger to survive And a will to reach the journey's end We keep in mind all the men we left behind And promise to return for them again My body weeps for a deep and dreamless sleep But I'll settle for what tomorrow brings I've lost my mind and perhaps my sense of time To the purgatory of forgotten things This battered boat, she can barely stay afloat As we push her through the world's most troubled sea We curse the night and everything in sight As we rage against a tireless enemy My body shakes as I fight to stay awake Flying reckless on these tired wings But this too shall pass, and we'll leave it in the past To the purgatory of forgotten things

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Well this boat has never been nobody's flagship Never been the pride of any fleet But we lean into the wind like the Devil's closing in Never willing to surrender or retreat So we venture out upon these troubled waters Batten down the hatches fore and aft With every passing day we go deeper in the fray We are the only true believers that we have Whoa whoa, we are the only true believers that we have So we hoist the sails and follow that horizon Testing the endurance of our craft With a fierce and angry gale blowing through our tattered sail We're the only true believers that we have Whoa whoa, we are the only true believers that we have So we set our sights upon our destination Conquer every vessel in our path With our battle flag unfurled, now it's us against the world We're the only true believers that we have Whoa whoa, we are the only true believers that we have