Burn the Ships
Directed and arranged by Keith McCauley
OPB For King & Country
In 334 BC, Alexander the Great led a fleet of Greek and Macedonian ships to the shores of Asian Minor in a campaign against the Persian Empire. When he reached the shore, he ordered his men to burn this ships saying, “We will either return home in Persian ships or we will die here.” In this inspirational song, Fortis pledges to burn the ships of vice, addiction, habit, and mindset that hold us down; to cut the ties, wave goodbye, burn the ships of the past and not look back.
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Featuring
Bryant Cox
Luke Butikofer
Andrew Paternoster
Ensemble
Aidan Andersen, Davis Cook, Cader Dunkley, Christopher Dunkley, Lukas Foutz, Caleb Hessing, Connor Jensen, Blaine Johnson, Dallin Perry, Bryan Walker
Credits
Videography at Lucky Peak by Neil Weatherly at Olive Hue Co
Instrumental recording by Jason Ringlestetter at The Tonic Room
Vocals recorded by Keith McCauley
Audio mixing and mastering by Keith McCauley
Video editing by Keith McCauley
Instrumentalists
Nanette Jensen and KeAndra Harris, violin
Ethan Jensen, viola
Elijah King, cello
Nick McCain, double bass
Michael Seifrit, electric bass
Keith McCauley, keyboards
Jason Ringlestetter, drums
Lyrics
How did we get here?
All castaway on a lonely shore
I can see in your eyes, dear
It’s hard to take for a moment more
We’ve got to
Burn the ships, cut the ties
Send a flare into the night
Say a prayer, turn the tide
Dry your tears and wave goodbye
Step into a new day
We can rise up from the dust and walk away
We can dance upon our heartache, yeah
So light a match, leave the past, burn the ships
And don’t you look back
Don’t let it arrest you
This fear is fear of fallin’ again
And if you need a refuge
I will be right here until the end
Oh, it’s time to
Burn the ships, cut the ties
Send a flare into the night
Say a prayer, turn the tide
Dry your tears and wave goodbye
Step into a new day
We can rise up from the dust and walk away
We can dance upon our heartache, yeah
So light a match, leave the past, burn the ships
And don’t you look back
So long to shame, walk through the sorrow
Out of the fire into tomorrow
So flush the pills, face the fear
Feel the wave disappear
We’re comin’ clear, we’re born again
Our hopeful lungs can breathe again
Oh, we can breathe again
Step into a new day
We can rise up from the dust and walk away
We can dance upon our heartache, yeah
So light a match, leave the past, burn the ships
And step into a new day
We can rise up from the dust and walk away
We can dance upon our heartache, yeah
So light a match, leave the past, burn the ships
And don’t you look back
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