The Coffin Ships
Primordial * Track #5 On The Gathering Wilderness
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According to the liner notes, The Coffin Ships is written about the famine that took place in Ireland from 1845 to 1852. (Sometimes called the Irish Potato Famine)
The title is likely a reference to the ships carrying Irish emigrants out of their country. Many Irish died at sea in their travels acr...
The Coffin Ships Lyrics
Young hearts born with grief
Shall pay the penalty of truth
A season of stolen youth
Shall teach old hearts to break
It feels like I've been here before
Here where the animals lay down to die
So we stood alone on a distant shore
Our broken spirits in rags and tatters
Nerve and muscle, heart and brains
Lost to Ireland, lost in vain
So you pause and you can almost hear
The sounds, they echo down through the ages
The creak of the burial cart
Here in humiliation and sorrow
Not mixed with indignation
So one is driven to exclaim
Oh god, that bread should be so dear
And human flesh so cheap
Young hearts are born with such grief
And we have paid the penalty of truth
A season of our stolen youth
Shall teach our hearts to break
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When did Primordial release The Coffin Ships?
Primordial released The Coffin Ships on Mon Feb 07 2005.