Full Speed Ahead

Six hundred men Six hundred men, under my command With only one goal in mind (Make it back alive to our homeland) Six hundred men Six hundred miles of open sea But the problem's not the distance (It's what lies in between) And Ithaca's waiting (Ithaca's waiting) My kingdom is waiting (The kingdom is waiting) Penelope's waiting (Waiting) For me So full speed ahead Full speed ahead Captain! (Eurylochus) Six hundred men (Six hundred men) Six hundred men, with big mouths to feed And we've run out of supplies to eat (Curse the war our food stores depleted) Six hundred men (Six hundred men) Six hundred reasons, to take what we can So captain what's the plan (Captain what's the plan) Watch where the birds fly (Watch where the birds fly) They will lead us to land (They will lead us to land) There we'll hunt for food My second-in-command (Second in command) Now full speed ahead We're up, we're off, and away we go (We're up, we're off and away we go) Full speed ahead (We're up, we're off and away we go) Captain! Polites! Look! There in the distance I see an island, I see a light that faintly glows Maybe they're people, lighting a fire Maybe they'll share some food, who knows Something feels off here I see fire, but there's no smoke I say we strike first We don't have time to wait So let's raid the place and- No Polites gear up You and I'll go ahead (You and I'll go ahead) We should try to find a way no one ends up dead We don't know what's ahead Give me 'till sunrise And if we don't return Then six hundred men can make this whole place burn Now full speed ahead (Full speed ahead) Full speed ahead We're up, we're off and away we go (We're up, we're off and away we go) Full speed ahead (We're up, we're off and away we go) (We're up, we're off and away we go) Full speed ahead