WE ARE TWO MARINERS- OUR SHIPS' SOUL SURVIVORS- IN THIS BELLY OF A WHALE

IT'S RIBS OUR CEILING BEAMS- IT'S GUTS OUR CARPETING- I GUESS WE HAVE SOME TIME TO KILL

YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER ME- I WAS A CHILD OF THREE- AND YOU A LAD OF EIGHTEEN

BUT I REMEMBER YOU- AND I WILL RELATE TO YOU- HOW OUR HISTORIES INTERWEAVE

AT THE TIME YOU WERE A RAKE AND A ROUSTABOUT- SPENDING ALL YOUR MONEY ON THE WHORES AND HOUNDS- OH-OH

YOU HAD A CHARMING AIR- ALL CHEAP AND DEBONAIR- MY WIDOWED MOTHER FOUND SO SWEET

AND SO SHE TOOK YOU IN- HER SHEETS STILL WARM WITH HIM- NOW FILLED WITH FILTH AND FOUL DISEASE

AS TIME WORE ON YOU PROVED A DEBT-RIDDEN DRUNKEN MESS- LEAVING MY MOTHER A POOR CONSUMPTIVE WRETCH- OH-OH

AND THEN YOU DISAPPEARED- YOUR GAMBLING ARREARS- THE ONLY THING YOU LEFT BEHIND

AND THEN THE MAGISTRATE- RECLAIMED OUR SMALL ESTATE- AND MY POOR MOTHER LOST HER MIND

THEN ONE DAY IN SPRING MY DEAR SWEET MOTHER DIED- BUT BEFORE SHE DID I TOOK HER HAND AS SHE DYING CRIED- OH-OH

"FIND HIM- BIND HIM- TIE HIM TO A POLE AND BREAK HIS FINGERS TO SPLINTERS-

THROW HIM IN A HOLE UNTIL HE WAKES UP- NAKED- CLAWING AT THE CEILING OF HIS GRAVE- OHH-OH"

IT TOOK ME FIFTEEN YEARS- TO SWALLOW ALL MY TEARS- AMONG THE URCHINS IN THE STREET

UNTIL A PRIORY- TOOK PITY AND HIRED ME- TO KEEP THEIR VESTRY NICE AND NEAT

BUT NEVER ONCE IN THE EMPLOY OF THESE HOLY MEN- DID I EVER ONCE STIR MY MIND FROM THE THOUGHT OF REVENGE- OH-OH

ONE NIGHT I OVERHEARD THE PRIOR EXCHANGING WORDS- WITH A PENITENT WHALER FROM THE SEA

THE CAPTAIN OF HIS SHIP- WHO MATCHED YOU TOE TO TIP- WAS KNOWN FOR WANTON CRUELTY

THE FOLLOWING DAY I SHIPPED TO SEA WITH A PRIVATEER- AND IN THE WHISTLE OF THE WIND I COULD ALMOST HEAR- OH-OH

"FIND HIM- BIND HIM- TIE HIM TO A POLE AND BREAK HIS FINGERS TO SPLINTERS

DRAG HIM TO A HOLE UNTIL HE WAKES UP- NAKED- CLAWING AT THE CEILING OF HIS GRAVE

"THERE IS ONE THING I MUST SAY TO YOU- AS YOU SAIL ACROSS THE SEA

ALWAYS YOUR MOTHER WILL WATCH OVER YOU- AS YOU AVENGE THIS WICKED DEED"

AND THEN THAT FATEFUL NIGHT- WE HAD YOU IN OUR SIGHT- AFTER TWENTY MONTHS AT SEA

YOUR STARBOARD FLANK ABEAM- I WAS GETTING MY MUSKETS CLEAN- WHEN CAME THIS RUMBLING FROM BENEATH

THE OCEAN STIRRED THE SKY WENT BLACK AND THE CAPTAIN QUAILED

AND BEFORE US GREW THE ANGRY JAWS OF A GIANT WHALE- OH-AHHHHHHHH (chilling screams of men being eaten)

DON'T KNOW HOW I SURVIVED- THE CREW ALL WAS CHEWED ALIVE- I MUST HAVE SLIPPED BETWEEN HIS TEETH

BUT, OH, WHAT PROVIDENCE- WHAT DIVINE INTELLIGENCE- THAT YOU SHOULD SURVIVE AS WELL AS ME

IT GIVES MY HEART GREAT JOY TO SEE YOUR EYES FILL WITH FEAR

SO LEAN IN CLOSE AND I WILL WHISPER THE LAST WORDS YOU'LL EVER HEAR- OH-OH