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Oceanos by Coast
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Oceanos, the most well-known song by the Celtic rock band COAST, was written about the sinking of the MTS Oceanos, a French-built and Greek-owned cruise ship which sank in 1991 off the coast of South Africa when it suffered uncontrolled flooding caused by severe winds and swells. The song tells the...
Oceanos Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I've got a message for the captain
But the captain isn't here
He's piled his crew and all their luggage in a boat to disappear
(Woah, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
We're drinking water like a fish
And now there's nowhere we can go
There's a man who plays guitar
With a brave heart led in undertow
(Woah, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
[Chorus]
Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh, oh, oh, Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
I've got a message for the captain
But the captain isn't here
He's piled his crew and all their luggage in a boat to disappear
(Woah, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
[Chorus]
Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh, oh, oh, Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh, oh, oh, Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
And Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh, oh, oh, Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
Hey!
Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh, oh, oh, Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
[Instrumental]
(I've got a message for the captain)
(I've got a message for the captain)