'The Final Voyage of the Wailer's Essex' - Rusty Cage

"The Final Voyage of the Wailer's Essex" by Rusty Cage "GangStalkers"

[danielgordon]

I noticed that the song ends with the sounds of wind, waves, and seagulls. And seagulls are generally found by land, so despite the dreary ending they probably hit land.

[poroy]

Jesus Christ, I'm just depressed that this doesn't have more views. Definitely one of my favorites

[MegaTed]

Lyrics:

I done my level best, to whomever’s concerned,
For children of wailer’s, we all take a turn,
Now we lay in our oars boat, us six men at sea,
And travel for home with rations for three,
Two ounces fresh water and hardtack a day,
But we’ll see Nantucket again,

Forty days and forty nights, we followed the wind,
In the southern Pacific, many miles from land,
The first mate of Essex, and few crew with me,
Our captain George Pollard is lost at the sea,
And I look to the East and see nothing but blue,
So what can us starving men do?

But sing, sing, we’re on our way home,
Across the Pacific, and through the unknown,
With God as our shepherd then no harm shall pass,
We’ll be in Nantucket at last,

But oh, how this skin of blistered leather pulls tight on our skulls,
As rations all dwindle away,
And oh, how our dreams every night, of our stomachs so full,
But awake to find water to last two more days,
Our spirits all broken, our minds are all crazed,
And oh, how I’d kill for just one more good meal,
But home’s a little farther away,

So sing, sing, we’re on our way home,
Across the Pacific, and through the unknown,
With God as our shepherd then no harm shall pass,
We’ll be in Nantucket at last,

But oh, when I look at my crewman, I see them looking back at me,
Humanity gone from their eyes,
Once we were men of our god, and brothers at sea,
Those times weren’t so long ago, but how quick they pass,
Was once death a stranger, now approaching us fast,
But we are Nantucket, the proud and the strong,
For Nantucket, we must travel on,

But oh, how these hunger pangs drive all the thoughts in my brain,
And body dries up in the sun,
Oh, cause it’s meat and fresh water that the six of us crave,
So six bits of paper are tossed in the cap,
And six men reach in and each pull out a scrap,
And one man of six, with the unlucky draw,
Is one man to help feed us all.

[m]

You know there is a god when Rusty uploads 2 videos at once

[classicco-op]

Heres what this song was inspired from.



Essex was an American whaler from Nantucket, Massachusetts, which was launched in 1799. In 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard Jr., she was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale. Stranded thousands of miles from the coast of South America with little food and water, the 20-man crew was forced to make for land in the ship's surviving whaleboats.




The men suffered severe dehydration, starvation, and exposure on the open ocean, and the survivors eventually resorted to eating the bodies of the crewmen who had died. When that proved insufficient, members of the crew drew lots to determine whom they would sacrifice so that the others could live. A total of seven crew members were cannibalized before the last of the eight survivors were rescued, more than three months after the sinking of the Essex. First mate Owen Chase and cabin boy Thomas Nickerson later wrote accounts of the ordeal. The tragedy attracted international attention and inspired Herman Melville to write his famous novel Moby-Dick.




Source: Wikipedia.




So yeah, whale hunting just got real.

[braininajar]

It's beautiful Rusty, your song conveys the story of sailors losing hope on the high seas in such a wonderful way.

Thanks rusty, I appreciate the tunes.

[sergiotrujillo]

Who else came for knife game years ago and stayed for rusty, his music, his personality, and good content

[wandering-willow]

Would love to see a music video for this one

[MISTAWULFY]

The Essex is about the most incredible true story of survival in human history

[Justkartoffel]

My fav song from the gangstalkers album

[Tylerl]

i love how all of your songs have well thought out stories not just the same thing repeating over and over like i always hear on the radio! love the song

[emmarosa]

Even now years after I found this song I still come back to listen to this masterpiece.

[luktherat]

You are soo talented, please continue following your passion of making music!
#BigFanOfRusty

[basicallyme]

Fun fact: November 20th 2020 was the 200 year anniversary of the sinking of the whaleship essex

[angie-pkjq]

This is probably my favorite song on the album

[JHohenhauser]

When you get lost in the ocean in minecraft

[TheBabadook]

This song made me pick up the book it was inspired by ("In the Heart of the Sea - The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex"), and I can only recommend it. It's an excellent read and makes the song even more poignant than it already is.

[GokuFromFortnite]

This has been my favorite song like ever

[rhyguy]

you`re spoiling us with amazing music, keep going

[TheStarwarsian]

I'm in love with this song, like all his songs.