We're kept alive by a hunger to survive And a will to reach the journey's end We keep in mind all the men we left behind Promise to return for them again My body weeps for a deep and dreamless sleep But I'll settle for what tomorrow brings And I lost my mind, perhaps my sense of time To the purgatory of forgotten things Ooooooh Ooooooh This battered boat- she can barely stay afloat So we push her through the world's most troubled sea We curse the night, and everything in sight 'Cause we rage against a tireless enemy Oh, my body shakes as I fight to stay awake Flying reckless on these tired wings This too shall pass, and we'll leave it in the past In the purgatory of forgotten things Ooooooh Ooooooh