The Captain (Letra)
His beard is long and red
His hat stays on his head
He asks us all the questions
And we know all the answers
His heart lies in the ocean
His devotions in the city of fun
He’s the captain
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- The Killers
- The Captain (Letra)
The Captain (Letra)
Angels fall to the floor
Like they would if I was captain
Silver children, she roared
I’m not the son of god
Somebody help me sing
Can anybody hear me?
Liars and lovers combine tonight
We’re gonna make a scene
Somebody help me sing whoaaa oh oh
Somebody help me sing whoaaa oh oh
Help me be captain of
Our crippled disguises
I won’t show what’s underneath
It’s time for surprises
I can’t climb up your ladder
I can’t ride your horse
I’ve swallowed half an hourglass
So now the landscape is swollen up
I gave birth to a fire
It’s like it’s features where burning
I’m in control, I am the son of god
Somebody help me sing
Can anybody hear me?
Line up your soldiers one final time
We’re gonna have a ball
Somebody help me sing whoaaa oh oh
Somebody help me sing whoaaa oh oh
Help me be captain of
Our crippled disguises
I won’t show what’s underneath
It’s time for surprises
I can’t climb up your ladder
I can’t ride your horse
I’ve swallowed half an hourglass
So nowhe landscape is swollen up
Let’s throw death away
The Captain (Letra)
Well I don’t have as many friends because
I’m not as pretty as I was
I’ve kicked myself at times because I’ve lied
So I will have to learn to stand my ground
I’ll tell ‘em I won’t be around
I’ll move on over to your town and hide
And you be the Captain
And I’ll be no-one
And you can carry me away if you want to
And you can lay low
Just like your father and if
I tread upon your feet you just say so
‘Cos you’re The Captain, I am no-one,
I tend to feel as though I owe one to you
Well I have handed all my efforts in
I searched here for my second wind
Is there somewhere here to let me in I asked
So I slammed the doors they slammed at me
I found the place I’m meant to be
I figured out my destiny at last
Did I forget to thank you for the ride
I hadn’t tried I tend to runaway and hide
The Captain (Letra)
Now the captain called me to his bed
He fumbled for my hand
"take these silver bars," he said
"i’m giving you command."
"command of what, there’s no one here
There’s only you and me —
All the rest are dead or in retreat
Or with the enemy."
"complain, complain, that’s all you’ve done
Ever since we lost
If it’s not the crucifixion
Then it’s the holocaust."
"may christ have mercy on your soul
For making such a joke
Amid these hearts that burn like coal
And the flesh that rose like smoke."
"i know that you have suffered, lad,
But suffer this awhile:
Whatever makes a soldier sad
Will make a killer smile."
"i’m leaving, captain, i must go
There’s blood upon your hand
But tell me, captain, if you know
Of a decent place to stand."
"there is no decent place to stand
In a massacre;
But if a woman take your hand
Go and stand with her."
"i left a wife in tennessee
And a baby in saigon —
I risked my life, but not to hear
Some country-western song."
"ah but if you cannot raise your love
To a very high degree,
Then you’re just the man i’ve been thinking of —
So come and stand with me."
"your standing days are done," i cried,
"you’ll rally me no more.
I don’t even know what side
We fought on, or what for."
"i’m on the side that’s always lost
Against the side of heaven
I’m on the side of snake-eyes tossed
Against the side of seven.
And i’ve read the bill of human rights
And some of it was true
But there wasn’t any burden left
So i’m laying it on you."
Now the captain he was dying
But the captain wasn’t hurt
The silver bars were in my hand
Pinned them to my shirt.