The Making of a Heartless Captain

Lyrics

We were children of the restless tide
Me and Midna at my side
Grandfather’s ship, the night our guide
We slipped aboard with foolish pride
No call to arms, no warning cry
Just laughter chasing moonlit sky
But fate don’t wait for boys to grow…
It strikes the ones who do not know

The mast came down with a thunder’s crack
Splintered wood and skies turned black
And in that roar, the truth was shown—
We were no longer safe at home

Oh the sea don’t care if you’re young or old
It takes your breath, it takes your soul
And in the dark where the cold tides run
A boy can die… and still become
A name, a curse, a captain bound—
To a sinking ship that won’t stay down
Oh hear me now, mark what I say…
The heartless rise from those betrayed

Steel met fire, the cannons screamed
Enemy shadows split the sea
I followed men I barely knew
Onto a deck where death blew through
The heartless captain stood in flame
Eyes like void, no human name
I charged ahead—too young, too blind—
And felt cold steel cut through my spine
Break
No… not spine…
The blade found deeper…
It found my heart…

I fell… the world went still and dim
Midna’s voice grew faint and thin
And through the haze, I saw him there—
My father, torn in deep despair
Grandfather fought to buy us time
Steel and fury in his prime
But kneeling close, my father stayed…
And chose the path no soul should take

“No other way… no other breath…”
He chose a fate worse than my death

Oh the sea don’t care for a father’s plea
Or the tears that fall in agony
For in that moment, blade in hand
He sealed my fate by his command
A stolen heart, a cursed crown
Bound to rise when I went down
Oh hear me now, the truth is stark—
I was remade in the endless dark

The blade came down… not out of hate
But love twisted into cruel fate
The captain’s heart… he struck it through…
And in that death… I became new
They fled the ship as it sank below
Left me to the crushing cold
Midna’s cry… my father’s eyes…
The last of me… the boy who died the
Final Rise
Silence deep… then something stirred…
A breath returned… a voice unheard…
The ocean split… the darkness sparked…
And from the depths… rose the ark

Now the sea obeys the name I bear
A heartless captain risen there
No beating chest, no mortal spark
Just endless night… and a phantom ark
Oh call me curse, or call me king
Of sunken souls and broken things
For I was lost… then torn apart…
And made anew… with a stolen heart

So heed this tale when tides run black…
Some boys who leave… don’t make it back…
And if you hear a ghostly mark…
Turn away… from the Heartless Ark…