Pirate life

Jo ho, Jo ho, my name is pirate. I loot and kill, exploit you, and at the end of the day, I'm a horror. I take what I can get and I never get enough. Because that is part of my moral image, that is the real deception. Deep in the forest, when I come ashore, I hide there and take your women by my hand. Because I'm a pirate and nothing else. My truth is your lie, I take and steal and cheat. If I tell my story, I won't get very far because you're counting. All the lies that I tell and the sorrow that I cause But all of this is just my truth, so listen and notice what really happened.

Because I do not set sail, but deep waters, a place operated by men with knives that are soon stuck in my back. So listen up, I'm not a pirate, even if the big men say so, every day. I'm just looking for a treasure that should be far away from my place. Because my place is haunted by terror and war, which is why I got into this boat here. So please believe me, I am not here to steal your peace, but merely to evade them, the men with their orders. So I set out to sea without knowing where the captain was going to take me. And now listen when the dead man sings his songs, when he is gone, because hunger and heat took him prisoner. Am I worth nothing to you? When I try to understand, they just turn their backs on me. Despair is now spreading here, because I have driven so far to find what I found before. So now I stand in front of a locked gate again and wonder what I'm doing with my life, how much bad luck can there be for me? But I am closest to myself and so I do my best to survive, even if they give me every reason not to. So get down from your high horse and you will see that I, too, am only someone's scion, a person, born to be loved, instead so many of mine are dying.

Jo ho, Jo ho, my name is not a pirate, I am not a number, but a diplomat. All you have to do is open your eyes, and maybe your heart too. But always remember, my friend, abuse of your kindness is among us too. But yo ho, yo ho, pirates are not doing well.