Spit Back From Hell

Lyrics

Verse 1
I woke in tar and brine
Crawlin' from the deep
Salt in my ribs
And a chain around my teeth

Moon on the mast
Like a bruise on the sea
My name got drowned
But it won't stay dead in me

Captain on deck
With a grin full of rust
Even hell looked at him
And said, "Back to the dust"

Pre-Chorus
He don't pray, he don't blink
He just points and laughs
The waves split wide
When he walks past

I heard the reaper call
He said, "Boy, I tried"
Then the devil spat
At the sight of his eyes

Chorus
Spit back from hell
Spit back from hell
I'm cursed to sail
With a man they couldn't sell

Spit back from hell
Spit back from hell
He ran through fire
And it burned like well

Verse 2
We took black gold
From a churchyard wreck
Found gold coins
And a noose on the deck

Every crewman gone
On a midnight run
Left with my bones
And a broken sun

Captain says, "Row"
So I row till dawn
If I stop one beat
Then my soul gets gone

I got barnacle scars
And a throat like sand
Still I grip that rope
With a dead man's hand

Pre-Chorus
He don't need breath
He don't need grace
Just two cold eyes
And a shark's grin face

I seen angels flee
When his shadow grew
If hell got chains
He broke those too

Chorus
Spit back from hell
Spit back from hell
I'm cursed to sail
With a man they couldn't sell

Spit back from hell
Spit back from hell
He ran through fire
And it burned like well

Bridge
Now the storm rolls in
Like a courtroom drum
I hear the deep say
"Pay what's come"

Captain laughs loud
At the edge of doom
Says, "Death can't dock me"
In the engine room

So I bite my tongue
And I grip that wheel
If I sink this ship
Maybe I can heal

Chorus
Spit back from hell
Spit back from hell
I'm cursed to sail
With a man they couldn't sell

Spit back from hell
Spit back from hell
He ran through fire
And it burned like well

Outro
If you hear that horn
On a black-tide night
Don't trust the man
With the crooked white smile

Spit back from hell
Spit back from hell
And I still can't tell
If I'm dead or alive