Golden Warship

Gold is one of those rare things

Both precious and useful

Made of romance, lightning, and stings

The strong and the youthful

Now let’s propose an experiment,

A song of science

Let us suspend merriment

And build an island of violence

Behold the creativity!

Sheer forces and charms

An answer for every nature

United in anthems of arms

It all made sense

You know what they say about ducks and rows

Beautiful and powerful and faithful and true

Never trust both ocean and sky

Too much blue, too much blue

Gold is heavy, but anything can float

Even gravity surrenders to money eventually

The ocean is full of eyes

Not all of them speak the language of light

Suppose there was, suppose there will be

A wartorn path to serenity

Remember when everything was simple?

How the only safety you needed was a thimble?

How did we go so far afield,

Since the seas are not the plains?

Look, there’s no arguing

We have made this warship of gold

And turned the stars into ammunition

But do not despair

Even instruments of death can be fair

Some soldiers like to play with hair

A hot meal is stronger than a bear

So don’t blame the ship, that golden mare

It’s only the means to get us there

Trust the ocean’s black, pitiless stare

It is constant, and knows that you care