In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Con diez cañones por banda
Viento en popa a toda vela
No corta el mar si no vuela
Un velero bergantín
Bajel pirata que llaman
Por su bravura el temido
En todo el mar conocido
Del uno al otro confín
La luna en el mar riela
En una lona gime el viento
Y al alza un blando movimiento
Olas de plata y azul
Y va el capitán pirata
Cantando alegre en la popa
Asia a un lado y al otra europa
Y allá su frente stambul
Navega velero mió
Sin temor que ni enemigo navío
Ni tormenta ni bonanza
Tu rumbo a torcer alcanza
Ni a sujetar tu valor
Veinte presas hemos hecho
A despecho del ingles
Y han rendido sus pendones
Cien naciones a mis pies
Que es mi barco mi tesoro
Que es mi dios mi libertad
Mi ley la fuerza y el viento
Mi única patria la mar
Allá muevan feroz guerras
Ciegos reyes por un palmo más de tierra
Que yo tengo aquí por mió
Cuanto abarca el mar bravío
Aquí nadie impuso leyes
Y no hay playa sea cualquiera
Ni bandera de esplendor
Que no sienta mi derecho
Y de pecho a mi valor
Que es mi barco mi tesoro
Que es mi dios mi libertad
Mi ley la fuerza y el viento
Mi única patria la mar
Viento en popa a toda vela
No corta el mar si no vuela
Un velero bergantín
Bajel pirata que llaman
Por su bravura el temido
En todo el mar conocido
Del uno al otro confín
La luna en el mar riela
En una lona gime el viento
Y al alza un blando movimiento
Olas de plata y azul
Y va el capitán pirata
Cantando alegre en la popa
Asia a un lado y al otra europa
Y allá su frente stambul
Navega velero mió
Sin temor que ni enemigo navío
Ni tormenta ni bonanza
Tu rumbo a torcer alcanza
Ni a sujetar tu valor
Veinte presas hemos hecho
A despecho del ingles
Y han rendido sus pendones
Cien naciones a mis pies
Que es mi barco mi tesoro
Que es mi dios mi libertad
Mi ley la fuerza y el viento
Mi única patria la mar
Allá muevan feroz guerras
Ciegos reyes por un palmo más de tierra
Que yo tengo aquí por mió
Cuanto abarca el mar bravío
Aquí nadie impuso leyes
Y no hay playa sea cualquiera
Ni bandera de esplendor
Que no sienta mi derecho
Y de pecho a mi valor
Que es mi barco mi tesoro
Que es mi dios mi libertad
Mi ley la fuerza y el viento
Mi única patria la mar
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La Canción del Pirata I Lyrics as written by Angel San Juan Castro
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