Pirates of the Caribbean 3: Hoist the Colors
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Stumble ThisThe opening scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Citizens accused of piracy are doomed to death, and in their last act of defiance, sing the pirate theme. For the curious, here are the full lyrics:
The king and his men
stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her Bones.
The seas be ours
and by the powers
where we will we'll roam.
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
Some men have died
and some are alive
and others sail on the sea
– with the keys to the cage...
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler's Green!
The bell has been raised
from it's watery grave...
Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
and turn your sail toward home!
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
The king and his men
stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her Bones.
The seas be ours
and by the powers
where we will we'll roam.
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
Some men have died
and some are alive
and others sail on the sea
– with the keys to the cage...
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler's Green!
The bell has been raised
from it's watery grave...
Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
and turn your sail toward home!
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
I'm saw this in the theater, and I can't be the only one who saw it as an open criticism of the current administration's policies in the TWAT (The War Against Terror).
In the bonus features for the Blu-Ray I saw of this, there was some mention about something like this. I forgot the specifics though. The composer (Hans Zimmer?) said something about the song being connected to modern day politics and economics.
And yeah, the composer, Hans Zimmer and Director Gore Verbinski wrote the song together and yes, it is a general piece on the dangers of this sort of power, and as such does play to the current us government.
Then again, I had the same feeling for pretty much the entire film.