To be pounded in the shallows
The hole in the hull defied the crew's attempt
This story's old but it goes
(Wrecked in the deep)
A funeral keeps both of us apart
Sweep your boat out to sea
You breathed while you were underneath
(This is the end)
Come off course while you sleep
Keeps them safe behind your teeth
(We are impressive)
Sends your words past your lips
When the storm broke our second anchor line
I know that this is what you want
This story's old but it goes
But the wrong will strand you
(After the storm)
On and on until we disappear
They call them rogues
It steers the whole ship
They say that the captain stays fast with the ship
Your tongue is a rudder
(Wrecked in the deep)
A thought to what they all could mean
I need you like water in my lungs
On and on until we disappear
A thought to what they all could mean
You know that you are not alone
Washed up thirty miles west
(We are drowning)
Four months of calm seas
(Washed up on the beach)
Calm me and let me taste the salt
Of mountains sunk below the sea
To give my love and repay debts
What they call love is risk
Half-buried bow
I spoke the words but never gave
I am the one who haunts your dreams
I spoke the words but never gave
The morning finds our bodies
Won't have to fight for long
You know that you are not alone
Or dashed to bits on the reef
(This is the calm)
The vessel groans
Through still and storm
And I wish for one more day
Of mountains sunk below the sea
By some wave and end up on your own
I need you like water in my lungs
You breathed while you were underneath
A funeral keeps both of us apart
The ocean pressures its frame to the port
One hundred foot faces
Flooded the engines and radio
I see the lighthouse
(After the storm)
To bail us out
Off the tip of Montauk Point
They travel fast and alone
Calm me and let me taste the salt
(Washed up on the beach)
Through the sleet and the rain
I know that this is what you want
I am the one who haunts your dreams
(This is the calm)
Of God's good ocean gone wrong
But this ain't the Dakota and the water's cold
(This is the end)
Four months at sea
'Cause you always get hit out of nowhere
