Fiddler, The Ship Is Sinking

Well, the ship is sinking and the water is black
For sure this journey won’t have a way back
The ship is sinking and the water is cold
The same fate’s embracing the young and the old

There’s no place to run, there’s no place to hide
The great ship has a wound all over the side
You can cry, you can mourn, you can decide
You can play all along this frozen last ride

There’s only the time left for the last song
Every attempt to be saved can only be wrong
Now take up your fiddler and do play it well
It has to be heard both in heaven and hell!

All your life is a matter of taste in the end
Every note, every chord, every letter you send
The moon will be listening but won’t answer back
Fiddler, the ship is sinking and the water is black

The ship
The ship
Is sinking
Is sinking
The ship
The ship
The ship is sinking

For the last time, you can start a death dance
There is no other way, you won’t have another chance
You can cry, you can weep, you can blame the sky
You can play your own requiem, or at least you can try

So pick up your violin and fix your necktie
This time you are going to play till you die
It’s the very last song that will end pretty soon
Now play your best music, alone for the moon

And the whole orchestra is playing along with you
There is no tune that can sound the same true
Every note, every silence, everything you play
Will linger and fade before the break of day

Let’s start the party although there’s no light
In a last round of waltz, in the very last fight
It’s your time, it’s your duty and it is your right
The ship is sinking down here in the night.

The ship
The ship
Is sinking
Is sinking
The ship
The ship
The ship is sinking