The End of You - Sleater-Kinney

Build for me your tightest ship

make the oars run swift and fast.

Send me out your strongest crew

make their hearts and minds steadfast.

Bless me with Athene

there’s no meaner, she’s the best.

For when we hit the roughest seas

we’ll need all we can get.

You say «sink or swim», what a cruel cruel phrase

I’d rather fly, don’t want to get caught in this endless race.

The first beast that will appear

will entice us with money and fame.

If you listen long enough

you’ll forget there’s anything else.

Tie me to the mast

of this ship and of this band.

Tie me to the greater things

the people that I love.

You can walk the plank, do the dead man’s float

Never let them see, your heart is pounding full of hope.

Let the last storm hit us let it strike at the hardest part.

Turn us all to mutiny

turn this boat upside down.