Way-oh
Genre:
rock, shanty
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Way-oh

The first verse of this song is the first shanty sung by the captain of The Valentine, a random space encounter in Bethesda's game Starfield. I added the remaining verses.

Lyrics English

Verse:
I miss my dear darling in New Atlantis;
As I wander the blackness of the deep abyss;
My ship is in shambles, all dented and worn;
But I trust my old engine to be back by morn.

Chorus:
Way-oh, out in the blackness;
Way-oh, out in the void;
Way-oh, get me back to my true love;
As quick as an old asteroid.

Verse:
The stars they do twinkle, like her eyes late at night;
In the cold, distant reaches, they're my only light;
My hull's patched with metal from ports far and wide;
But it holds, and it must, for it is a long ride.

Chorus:
Way-oh, out in the blackness;
Way-oh, out in the void;
Way-oh, get me back to my true love;
As quick as an old asteroid.

Verse:
The comets, they whisper her name as they pass;
Their tales of the old world, like shards of glass;
The nebula’s colors, they dance and they sway;
I imagine her dress on our fine wedding day.

Chorus:
Way-oh, out in the blackness;
Way-oh, out in the void;
Way-oh, get me back to my true love;
As quick as an old asteroid.

Verse:
So sing me a shanty, oh old ship of mine;
And carry me swiftly through the vast Starfield's shine;
For each moment's an eon 'til I see her face;
So, hold fast, my vessel, through the vast, empty space.

Chorus:
Way-oh, out in the blackness;
Way-oh, out in the void;
Way-oh, get me back to my true love;
As quick as an old asteroid.

Way-oh, steer by the starlight;
Way-oh, where the space rivers flow;
Way-oh, get me back to my heart's side;
To the arms that I'm missing so.

Way-oh, steel-hearted voyager;
Way-oh, through the cosmic fray;
Way-oh, bring me back to my darling;
Before the stars fade away.