If the ocean swells
We'll know we're headed for disaster
The tide will drag us out
As the water rises faster
I'll take you by the hand
We'll swim with all our might
If we never make it back
At least we put up a fight
(chorus)
Will we return once more
To stand at these shores
Novelist you and poetaster I
With one last chance to mess this up
Our only story left to write
So my friends,
Let's just take everything we know
Toss is out to sea and let it go
And then live off our dreams and hopes
Beneath these crashing waves
We'll sing songs of the sea
A mermaid's tale of ships and whales
This noise taught us to be
In fact, it taught us everything
We'll ever need to know
To hang here on this moment
On this note!