The Lifeboat Frank Turner

[Verse 1]
There's a shadow across the land
There's a hatred and a hunger, and it's hard to understand
How we fell so far from where we began

There's a stumble now in our step
There's blood in the phlegm, there's a lump in the breast
There's a smell of sickness on our breath

There's a dread deep down in our bones
Something is finished, abandon your homes
Strike out into the great unknown

But there are no new continents to be found
No new frontiers to cross, no gold in the ground
Stay with the boats, lest ye be drowned

[Chorus]
Save what you can
Behind us, the old world in flames
Lower the lifeboats, take the tiller
Steer the way

[Verse 2]
There are stories now worth being told
There are victories to grasp more valuable than gold
And we will speak of to our children when we're old