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 'til sunrise

And if we don't return

Then six hundred men can make this whole place burn

Now full speed ahead