Archipelago Lyrics - Singles - Smokey Bastard

Our ship rolls in to Nagaev Bay 

Where we'll toil from the dawn to the last light of the day 

Yeah the life of a Zek is one of decaying 

Slowly as the form falls from your frame 

Kulaks roll in on the endless trains 

Torn from the land that they dared to claim 

Tyres lashed to their feet where their boots gave way 

Their back and barrow doomed to the same fate 

2000 miles of dirt beget the Road of Bones 

Carved in the snow beneath our hacks and hoo-oo-oes 

(wo-hoo-hoo-hoo-wo-hoo-hoo-hoo) 

Checkas and thieves will rob you blind 

So carry only that which fills your mind 

Darkness forms part of every heart 

It's been within us from the start 

Hold memories close for all else goes 

Fall to the snow... 

On your knees in the wastes of the Archipelago (guitar player gets grabbed) 

(accordionist - JP!!! - gets grabbed) 

All you may own you must carry with you 

To mourn for the things that you've lost will destroy you 

Let your soul be enriched by the friends that surround you 

Pray the strength and the will of the good men still holds true 

It alone is the seed that must grow to save us 

In this ravaged land that the stool pigeon gave us 

Father, Father, Heaven save us 

2000 miles of dirt beget the Road of Bones 

Carved in the snow beneath our hacks and hoo-oo-oes 

(wo-hoo-hoo-hoo-wo-hoo-hoo-hoo) 

Checkas and thieves will rob you blind 

So carry only that which fills your mind 

(the Mighty Beard gets grabbed) 

Darkness forms part of every heart 

It's been within us from the start 

(as the surviving band members get more and more spooked, the chorus interlaces with the next verse) 

Chatter here and there (Darkness forms part ...) 

Careless talk is overheard 

(...of every heart) 

And the Black Mariah rolls off like a hearse 

Spies are everywhere in this land (It's been within...) 

Where a question brings a curse 

(...us from the start) 

Calls for clemency (Hold memories...) 

Pleading only makes it worse 

(...close for all else goes) 

And the charge is none of your concern 

Fall to the snow... 

On your knees in the wastes of the Archipelago 

(bass player gets spooked, then chills, then gets grabbed) 

Sharashka spare me from Kolyma 

La-lalalaa-lalalaa-lala-lala 

From the black of the mines and the bite of the taiga 

La-lalalaa-lalalaa-lala-lala 

From the lice and the stick and the heel of the Checka 

La-lalalaa-lalalaa-lala-lala 

Three months or more mark a true survivor 

La-lalalaa-lalalaa-lala-lala 

2000 miles of dirt beget the Road of Bones 

Carved in the snow beneath our hacks and hoo-oo-oes (punk mandolin player gets grabbed) 

(wo-hoo-hoo-hoo-wo-hoo-hoo-hoo) 

Checkas and thieves will rob you blind 

So carry only that which fills your mind 

Darkness forms part of every heart 

It's been within us from the start 

(as the last surviving band member get more and more bald, the chorus interlaces with the next verse) 

Chatter here and there (Darkness forms part ...) 

Careless talk is overheard 

(...of every heart) 

And the Black Mariah rolls off like a hearse 

Spies are everywhere in this land (It's been within...) 

Where a question brings a curse 

(...us from the start) 

Calls for clemency (Hold memories...) 

Pleading only makes it worse 

(...close for all else goes) 

And the charge is none of your concern 

Fall to the snow... 

On your knees in the wastes of the Archipelago 

(guitarist singer goes crazy for he's the last survivor) (everything's cool though, his guitar supports him) 

(singer gets grabbed - we're frakked)