The general theme of this song is that there are things in this world that are worth doing with such whole-hearted dedication that they are worth cutting off our own retreat and sacrificing our very lives.
To communicate this, Kensrue employs the image of an army burning its fleets after landing on...
[Verse 1]
In this dark night, we stand or we fall
We are kings now or nothing at all
Check your armor, light up your torch
Touch the flame to the sail before you head for shore
[Chorus]
And we will burn the fleet, we can never go home
It's on to victory or underground
Burn the fleet, we'll be heroes or ghosts
But we won't be turned around
[Verse 2]
The old flag will burn with the sail
And a new one won't fly if we fail
But the fire continues to rise
And it shows not a hint of any fear in our eyes, and we will
[Chorus]
Burn the fleet, we can never go home
It's on to victory or underground
Burn the fleet, we'll be heroes or ghosts
But we won't be turned around
Burn the Fleet was written by Dustin Kensrue & Teppei Teranishi & Eddie Breckenridge & Riley Breckenridge.
Burn the Fleet was produced by Thrice & Teppei Teranishi.
Thrice released Burn the Fleet on Tue Oct 16 2007.