The Endeavour

 There’s a wind in the rigging, low and alive 

And a line drawn out where the horizon lies 

 She was built from oak where the cold tides run 

A collier’s hull in the northern sun 

 With a belly full and a stubborn frame 

She was never meant for a noble name 

 But the men who came and the hands who knew 

Said “She’ll carry farther than most would do”  

And the chart was blank where the line should be 

So they turned her bow to an unseen sea 

 No king had marked where the course would run 

No map had named what was yet undone 

 Hey! Let her run where the wild winds blow 

Hey! To the edge of the world we go  

From the coal-black decks to the open blue 

She’s the Endeavour cutting through  

Hey! Raise the sail, let the old world fall 

Hey! There’s no chart for the call  

Where the lines run out and the oceans start 

She’s the Endeavour she’ll break the chart 

 There’s a weight in the hull and a fire below 

And a crew that’s learned what the North Seas know  

With the rope-burn hands and the weathered eyes 

And the quiet man who don’t speak but writes  

He sees stars where the others see night 

Marks the course by a different sight  

And the further out that the shoreline fades 

The more of the world gets rewritten in waves 

 Hey! Let her run where the wild winds blow 

Hey! To the edge of the world we go  

From the coal-black decks to the open blue 

She’s the Endeavour cutting through  

Hey! Raise the sail, let the old world fall 

Hey! There’s no chart for the call  

Where the lines run out and the oceans start 

She’s the Endeavour she’ll break the chart 

 They said there’s land where no man returns 

They said there’s ice where the ocean burns  

But a ship like this and a course like that 

Don’t turn for rumor… or turning back 

 Hey! Let her run don’t slow her down 

Hey! She was built to leave this ground  

From the river’s mouth to the endless blue 

She’s the Endeavour pushing through  

Hey! Raise the sail, let the old world fall 

Hey! There’s no edge there’s no wall  

Where the map goes dark and the brave depart 

She’s the Endeavour she’ll break the chart 

 There’s a wake behind and a world ahead 

And the truth lies far where the charts have bled