This track focuses on a Russian pirate aboard a ship in the middle of the ocean who's mind is telling him to entertain himself by slaughtering his loyal shipmates. As fate would have it, he ends up being the victim.
lyrics
On the open sea
(Na otkrytoye more)
Nothing but water and wood
(Nichego, krome vody I dereva)
I’ve thought all my thoughts
(YA dumal, chto vse moi mysli)
My wits are getting thin
(Moy um stanovitsya tonkim)
I’m facing a dangerous choice here
By my own internal voice
But I still have yet one last shred
Of sanity causing this dread
Oh, God
(O, bozhe)
Oh, God
(O, bozhe)
I’m going insane
(YA skhozhu s uma)
But these are the best of men
And they would never do that to me
So cast me down to hell to pay
Evil has no place in me
I will not kill
(YA ne budu ubivat’)
I’ve finally freed my mind
On deck I smile out to sea
My senses tell me
(Moi chuvstva govoryat mne)
Nothing is ok
(Nichego ne v poryadke)
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