The Vesta is landing
The Vesta is landing
Without a captain, without a crew
Dead in the hull, tied to the wheel
This ship of death, this ship is filled with rats
You better find your mother
You better look for cover
We make a choice, we make it everyday
To get up in the morning and to bear away
You better find some cover
You better outlive your mother
You better find some cover
This ship of death
This ship has a new captain
This ship is landing
We don't need a doctor
We need a sacrifice
We need a sacrifice
You better hide your babies, until the morning
We make a choice, we make it everyday
To get up in the morning and bear away
You better outlive your mother
You better outlive your mother
You better outlive your mother
Turn up the lampposts, stay out of the shadows
This is a plague like no other
We need a martyr, we need a victim
We need a sacrifice
Pray before sundown, send your children to grandma's
Nail a cross to the door
Bear away


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    this song IS about vampires, and specifically dracula. in the novel, he stows himself on a small sailboat to reach england from transylvania. while on the open sea, he kills the crew one by one night after night, then finally kills the captain and lashes him to the helm with a crucifix. the ship lands "without a captain, without a crew" and dracula escapes in the form of a wolf. awesome song.

    spies220on January 18, 2005   Link

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