“We set sail on a sea of regret / With a map that was torn and wet.”
This is not romantic—it is stubborn solidarity in failure. NSP, masters of the comedic boast, here master the tragicomic shrug. The ship never docks, but the voyage continues. For a band named Ninja Sex Party, that is unexpectedly profound. ship of fools nsp
The title itself invokes Plato’s allegory of the dysfunctional ship (from Republic , Book VI), where ignorant sailors fight over the helm, mistaking mutiny for navigation. NSP repurposes this metaphor for emotional aimlessness—specifically, two people trapped in a deteriorating bond, sailing nowhere. “We set sail on a sea of regret
“Maybe we were never meant to captain / Just passengers who happened.” For a band named Ninja Sex Party, that
This harmonic lift offers a moment of clarity, then descends back into the minor chorus—hope quickly swallowed by habit.
Combat revolves around manually picking up, positioning, and loading cannons to repel incoming waves of sea monsters, crabs, and hostile birds from both sides of the deck.