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The Loss of the Franklin Expedition

from Originals by No-Win Scenario

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You set out from England in May '45
With a full crew aboard and no reason to fear
If weather is mild and all goes to plan
You'll be back home in just a few years
You'll be back home in just a few years

Through Baffin Bay you made your approach
Toward the labyrinth channels and desolate climes
No Minotaur waiting for you and your men
But the dark and the cold and time
Just the dark and the cold and time

So how can you sail when the ice closes round
And there's no map to tell where you roam?
You pray that come summer leads will be found
And you'll finally be on your way home
Yes, you'll finally be on your way home

You wintered on Beechey and buried three men
You didn't know they'd be the luckiest ones
In summer you made for Victoria Strait
With no inkling of what was to come
Not an inkling of what was to come

There's no way to sail when the ice closes round
And Franklin's brave spirit has flown
A summer goes by without leads being found
Will you ever be on your way home?
Will you ever be on your way home?

A second long winter, you're still frozen in
With rations for less than a year
The ships are abandoned, it's time to march south
With death looming ever so near

So how can you walk when your bruises won't heal
And you're growing so weak and so slow?
You'd give anything for just one more good meal
For hunger is all that you know
Yes, hunger is all that you know

Oh, how can you live when there's no food to eat?
The breath leaves your lungs in a groan
The men who have fallen are now only meat
You've come to the end all alone
You've come to the end all alone

Your bodies lie sprawled on a far distant beach
Your bones slowly bleaching beneath a cold sun
The passage attempted, but not yet attained
Your vain expedition is done
Your vain expedition is done

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from Originals, released February 14, 2020

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