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We were only doing what the Captain saidWe all went down with the shipThe crow's nest splintered on the figureheadWe all went down with the shipThe Kamikaze pilots and the Persian assassinsWere told they would reach paradiseDeath is the honour, they were following ordersYou could see it in their zealous eyesThey pulled out the monsters that lie deep in the mindWe all went down with the shipBayonets rusted on the firing lineWe all went down with the shipI thought of all the men who were sent to the trenchesAnd those with the unmarked gravesHorrors of the British and the Boer warAnd the Charge of the Light Brigade& it's a long, long way downTo the bed of the seaOh I will swim until she,She covets meWe all suffer for another man's follyBlindsided by an ego that can't stopYou sink to the bottom to rise to the top, they sayWe all fall under the spell of a charmerSongtexteDevil's tongue from a shepherd to it's flockYou sink to the bottom to rise to the top, they sayWe were only taking what the General desiredWe all went down with the shipFor the good of the people and the noble empireWe all went down with the shipThe gentle persuasion of the master's handSheltered in the arc of his roof This history lesson takes a measure of sandAs it twists and distorts every truth& it's a long, long way downTo the bed of the seaOh I will swim until she,She covets meWe all suffer for another man's follyBlindsided by an ego that can't stopYou sink to the bottom to rise to the top, they sayWe all fall under the spell of a charmerDevil's tongue from a shepherd to it's flockYou sink to the bottom to rise to the top, they say Aus Songtexte Mania