Captain Of My Soul

[melodic intro] [verse] Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul In the clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. [chorus] Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul. [melodic interlude] [verse] Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, Strange the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, Songs that in Hades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the King, Song of my soul, my voice is dead, Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed [solo] [chorus] Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul. [outro: melodic] [solo] [chorus] Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul. [outro: melodic]