Within neutral waters
Our sub quickly dives;
We barely care
What’s up in the air -
But if hunters spot us,
The sirens alert us -
We run for our lives!

Come save our dying souls!
We’re now up the poles!
Our SOS is fading,
It’s hard to breathe...
Wish help were near here,
Alas, they cannot hear,
And gelid claws of fear
Our souls squeeze...

Aortas will tear -
Too deep are we caught;
Black balls everywhere
Block us down there;
All passages closed -
To death we’re exposed
From starboard and port!

Come save our dying souls!
We’re now up the poles!
Our SOS is fading,
It’s hard to breathe...
Wish help were near here,
Alas, they cannot hear,
And gelid claws of fear
Our souls squeeze...

Nobody can capture
Us under the sea;
And ordered the captain:
“This course must be kept on
We can’t surface now
Since mines are around -
We aren’t dopes, are we?”

Come save our dying souls!
We’re now up the poles!
Our SOS is fading,
It’s hard to breathe...
Wish help were near here,
Alas, they cannot hear,
And gelid claws of fear
Our souls squeeze...

We’ll surface tomorrow -
The order is passed.
We feel no horror
To be beaten hollow -
We just serve the country,
We can’t breathe, we can’t brea...
But don’t forget us!

Come save our dying souls!
We’re now up the poles!
Our SOS is fading,
It’s hard to breathe...
Wish help were near here,
Alas, they cannot hear,
And gelid claws of fear
Our souls squeeze...

We got to the surface -
But got into hell!
We see where the wharf is,
We’re restless and nervous;
The hopes are ending,
the upshot’s impending,
Ahead we are sending,
Ourselves, like a shell!

Come save our dying souls!
We’re now up the poles!
Our SOS is fading,
It’s hard to breathe...
Wish help were near here,
Alas, they cannot hear,
And gelid claws of fear
Our souls squeeze...