As captain of this band of merry sailors, I'm a black mark
I'm a failure, but before you watch me drown
I'm relinquishing command for something I don't understand
This man's about to turn his whole life upside down
I set a course for a new shore
It looked the same as the one before
And I forgot what I'd been sailing for
And why I thought this time would be different
I do most of this by feel and let go of the wheel
The constellations do the navigation on their own
Whilst yearning for adventure dreading censure in absentia
I would rather be at sea than be alone
I set a course for a new shore
It looked the same as the one before
And I forgot what I'd been sailing for
And why I thought this time would be different
Of the charts we drew, they said
There wasn't anything but fairy tales
I told them it was you, I told them
You were everything a fairy tale could be
The boat sails by
The shore remains and so do I
I swear this time will be different
I settled here on the new shore
My lips were blue and my legs were sore
And I forget if I was pushed or I jumped overboard
And after all this time, what's the difference?