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"But, oh, what Providence, what divine intelligence, that you should survive as well as me" This gives me the c h i l l s

i heard this song once but i totally forgot what it was called, thank the youtube algorithm for understanding "song about a dude in a whale"

This is easily one of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my entire life. My favorite part is that at the end there are no words spoken but the mother’s melody, and you just know the man is being torn to shreds.

15 years he chased this man, dedication

This story would make one hell of a movie.

"The Mariner's Revenge Song" We are two mariners Our ship's sole survivors In this belly of a whale It's ribs are ceiling beams It's guts are carpeting I guess we have some time to kill You may not remember me I was a child of three And you, a lad of eighteen But, I remember you And I will relate to you How our histories interweave At the time you were A rake and a roustabout Spending all your money On the whores and hounds (oh, oh) You had a charming air All cheap and debonair My widowed mother found so sweet And so she took you in Her sheets still warm with him Now filled with filth and foul disease As time wore on you proved A debt-ridden drunken mess Leaving my mother A poor consumptive wretch (oh, oh) And then you disappeared Your gambling arrears The only thing you left behind And then the magistrate Reclaimed our small estate And my poor mother lost her mind Then, one day in spring My dear sweet mother died But, before she did I took her hand as she, dying, cried: (oh, oh) "Find him, Bind him Tie him to a pole and break His fingers to splinters Drag him to a hole until he Wakes up naked Clawing at the ceiling Of his grave" It took me fifteen years To swallow all my tears Among the urchins in the street Until a priory Took pity and hired me To keep their vestry nice and neat But, never once in the employ Of these holy men Did I ever, once turn my mind From the thought of revenge (oh, oh) One night I overheard The prior exchanging words With a penitent whaler from the sea The captain of his ship Who matched you toe to tip Was known for wanton cruelty The following day I shipped to sea With a privateer And in the whistle Of the wind I could almost hear (oh, oh) "Find him, Bind him Tie him to a pole and break His fingers to splinters Drag him to a hole until he Wakes up naked Clawing at the ceiling Of his grave There is one thing I must say to you As you sail across the sea Always, your mother will watch over you As you avenge this wicked deed" And then, that fateful night We had you in our sight After twenty months at sea Your starboard flank abeam I was getting my muskets clean When came this rumbling from beneath The ocean shook The sky went black And the captain quailed And before us grew The angry jaws Of a giant whale (oh..) Don't know how I survived The crew all was chewed alive I must have slipped between his teeth But, oh, what providence What divine intelligence That you should survive As well as me It gives my heart great joy To see your eyes fill with fear So lean in close And I will whisper The last words you'll hear (oh, oh)

Best song on the album and brilliant tale of revenge! "Find him, bind him, tie him to a pole, and break his fingers, to splinters..." Brillant.

I don't want to say that the decemberists are unerappreciated, because they have received plenty of recognition. Still they are underappreciated.

i saw them perform this live on sunday and oh man. oh man.

Gosh it makes my heart so happy to see that people still appreciate this song. ❤️ This album shaped my taste in music and remains an all time favorite

This gets a lot darker when you consider the Mariner has the wrong guy. His madness and devotion could make him feel like he isn't allowed to die without avenging his mom, so in his last moments, he chooses the other sole survivor in his place.

The thing that's always struck me with The Decemberists is I would have swore that the lead singer is from Belfast, Northern Ireland, but I looked it up and he's not even from Ireland, but from Portland, Oregon. He has to have Irish lineage, his pronunciation of certain words definitely came from here plus they did a song about the Shankill Butchers, who aren't really known outside of Belfast. The connection is there somewhere, I just can't find it.

Sorry for my english but this is good shit

This is so underappreciated.

Funny how an awesome alternative rock band's best song is on a channel called Kill Rock Stars

Reminds me of flapjack oddly enough

This is an amazing song. I absolutely love the story. The wording and pacing is great as well. Great work guys!

Someone needs to make this totally famous, I love it!!!!!!

Somebody should turn this song into a play that culminates with him singing this to the other in the belly of said whale.

I love this song so much. The entire album is great, but this has to be the best track by far

this is hands down one of my favorite songs ever

Thank you to my 8th grade science teacher for introducing me to this song, and by extension The Decemberists. Mr. Chris Morris, I hope you're doing well

Am i the only one that feels like the first verse is literally the singer inviting us to a roleplaying scenario? Like... We are supposed to be the man he's talking to.

We are two mariners Our ships' sole survivors In this belly of a whale Its ribs are ceiling beams Its guts are carpeting I guess we have some time to kill You may not remember me I was a child of three And you, a lad of eighteen But I remember you And I will relay to you How our histories interweave At the time you were A rake and a roustabout Spending all your money On the whores and hounds Oh You had a charming air All cheap and debonair My widowed mother found so sweet And so she took you in Her sheets still warm with him Now filled with filth and foul disease As time wore on you proved A debt-ridden drunken mess Leaving my mother A poor consumptive wretch Oh, oh And then you disappeared Your gambling arrears The only thing you left behind And then the magistrate Reclaimed our small estate And my poor mother lost her mind Then, one day in spring My dear sweet mother died But before she did I took her hand as she, dying, cried Oh, oh "Find him, bind him Tie him to a pole and break His fingers to splinters Drag him to a hole Until he wakes up naked Clawing at the ceiling of his grave" It took me fifteen years To swallow all my tears Among the urchins in the street Until a priory Took pity and hired me To keep their vestry nice and neat But never once in the employ Of these holy men Did I ever once turn my mind From the thought of revenge Oh, oh One night I overheard The prior exchanging words With a penitent whaler from the sea The captain of his ship Who matched you toe to tip Was known for wanton cruelty The following day I shipped to sea with a privateer And in the whistle of the wind I could almost hear Oh, oh "Find him, bind him Tie him to a pole and break His fingers to splinters Drag him to a hole Until he wakes up, naked Clawing at the ceiling of his grave There is one thing I must say to you As you sail across the sea Always, your mother will watch over you As you avenge this wicked deed" And then, that fateful night We had you in our sight After twenty months at sea Your starboard flank abeam I was getting my muskets clean When came this rumbling from beneath The ocean shook The sky went black And the captain quailed And before us grew The angry jaws Of a giant whale Oh, oh, oh, oh Don't know how I survived The crew all was chewed alive I must have slipped between his teeth But, oh, what providence What divine intelligence That you should survive as well as me It gives my heart great joy To see your eyes fill with fear So lean in close and I will whisper The last words you'll hear Oh, oh

I have no idea how I've missed this band until now! Upcoming show in May in New Haven CT...

One way I’ve thought of it is that he has the wrong guy from the beginning overhearing the whaler. The captain could have easily done the same thing as the Boy’s original target, and forgot the exact details. So at the very end, they both die believing vengeance has come at last, when in reality the Boy has killed the wrong criminal.

I want to make an RPG character out of this

I heard somewhere that the mariner whispers near the end “I forgive you, but she doesn’t” or something along those lines. Does he?

18 The Moon, 15 The Devil, and...

I listen to this when I play Sea Of Thieves

This deserves more attention

Ah yes, an ad in the middle of a song. Nice

Bloody amazing.

This came on at bucees and brought me back to riding around with my friends with this blaring

A song about finding God AKA Moby Dick and of vengeance? I'm The Devil in the bayou. Well performed and written.

Cool!

ima make this a dnd character someday

What is a hound? (I know it's a dog, but I mean in the context of the song)

I'm just over halfway thru the song, and it's been interrupted 3 times by ads. WTF?!

See it live if you can. So good

Why are there ads in this

4:54 you can hear where Hans Zimmer's Davy Jones Dead Man's Chest music box either came from or inspired.

you're just here because of the animated version, aren't you?

How are you gonna put an ad in the middle of a song?!?!?

Found this song through a HLVR:AI animated.

Pop!!!!

*cracks knuckles* this isn't the first time someones come a long way to kill me

There are fiddleback spiders in my house.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just relised that when the mom speaking you can hear a second quieter raspy voice, my head cannon is that his mom came back as a ghost and is actually talking to him. Wait is this what people think already? Am I just slow….

There once was a ship that put to sea and the name of the ship was Billy o Tea!!!

This is up there with The Count of Monte Cristo - how people will burn themselves for revenge.

Taka

A playlist de Hayden

Oh crap

This is not to be confused with the Wellerman.

My hair is blue

three adverts breaks in a 8 minute song. really stupid.

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Or worse....treat him like shit.

Siren record shop 4 lyf

& audit

Revoke all Bowery contracts

How is this band bigger than Sleater-Kinney .

Revoke all Bowery contracts