We've been buried alive with blinding influence A machine romantically haywire spinning us out of control There's something lost in translation It resembles a voice
O Captain! my Captain! We hear your words This ship is sinking and nobody heard
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O Captain! my Captain! O Captain! my Captain! O Captain! my Captain! Captain! my Captain!
What came before these lines? Why not just quit because you can? So don't count on us Cause we don't know who to long for But a voice, breaking up from an outdated time
(Chorus) Try to grasp it with my hands The clear and present concept Turn my back to the stand To thee to understand
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Tell me about infinite I've been longing to know Oh please, won't you, tell me the code? Won't you please, open this door? Is it in this house? Or is it in a hole? Oh, Captain I finally know the feeling Someone please pull me out
We've found our identity in self-fulfilling prophecy
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The Captain lies pale in the mausoleum floor Cold, dead, and present as hell