We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Warriors Without a War

from Until the End by Escape the Clouds

/

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This option includes the physical "Until the End" CD, a digital download version of the album, high-res album art, and an original steampunk novella by Mark Rossmore in PDF format.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Until the End via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Full Digital Discography

    12
    releases

    Get all 12 Escape the Clouds releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of A Hunger for Peace | A Fundraiser for Ukraine, Don't Give Up the Ship, Machine Language, In the Shadows (ft. Ed King), The Gears of Change, Moments 01 | Travels, Alamo Rising Soundtrack, Free Rarities and Remixes, and 4 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $28.60 USD or more (35% OFF)

     

about

This is inspired by the true story of the CSS Shenandoah, the only Confederate ship to circle the globe. Ignoring all the sensitive politics, it's a remarkable story. Imagine commerce raiding halfway around the world only to find out the country you've been fighting for ceased to exist four months prior - and you and your crew have now been branded as pirates.

lyrics

Verse 1
We dropped through the overcast silent as death
Our twenty pounders trained on the airship ahead
Grapplers sailed across. We stormed over her trim.
The war between brothers ablaze at the Pacific rim.

Verse 2
Her captain shouted at the sight of my raiders,
"You're lower than the worst goddamned traitors.
You've got my ship, but you've still lost your war."
With my sabre to his neck, I demanded more

He tossed me a cable he'd long ago received
I saw with my eyes but could scarcely believe
Four months ago, as we set fire to the skies
Our countrymen fell broken at the Mason-Dixon line

Chorus
Still we press on... (Go!) Towards the waning sun... (Go!) Our bow cutting hard through the air
Never looking back... (No!) We'll never go back... (No!) Only misfortune lives there.

Verse 2
We hove to on the Australian coast
Took on stores as I confirmed the worst.
Amnesty had fallen all but my crew
Accidental pirates now hunted by the Blue

The ship was weighed off. The ballast vented.
A ship of pariahs no longer protected.
By the flag we still gallantly fly
By the cause for which we'll bravely die.

Chorus

Bridge
Soldiers without a nation.
Warriors without a war.

Chorus

credits

from Until the End, released August 24, 2011
All music and lyrics ©2011 Mark Rossmore

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Escape the Clouds image

Escape the Clouds Fort Myers, Florida

Escape the Clouds crafts stories through both music and words, creating vivid, character-driven steampunk music. For more information about this and other work, please visit:

contact / help

Contact Escape the Clouds

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Escape the Clouds recommends:

If you like Escape the Clouds, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now