IVE NEVER BEEN SO SICK AT SEA AS IVE BEEN SICK ON LAND
RUDELY WOKE FROM THE SWEETEST DREAMS TO THE END OF BEST LAID PLANS
WHEN THAT MISERY GETS YOU DOWN AND NOTHING’S WORTH YOUR TIME
YOU CAN MANAGE TO WRITE IT DOWN, JUST CANT SEEM TO MAKE IT RHYME
WHEN YOUVE PLAYED YOUR BESTEST RIFF
AND THAT BELLYACHE IN YOUR GUT SAYS
LET ME SAIL OUT THROUGH THAT CUT
OH THE HOLY OCEAN
IVE SEEN THE BRIGHT GREEN FLASH
THE WONDER OF THE DAWN AT SEA
HUGE SWELLS IN AN ANGRY SKY
AND THAT PORT WHERE YOU SAID GOODBYE
OH THE HOLY OCEAN
GOT MY FEET ON THE SOLID LAND
WHAT I NEED COMES TO MY HAND
l’M GOING TO PULL UP THAT HOOK
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN MY BOOK
IN GIBRALTAR I HAD A BEER
AND IF THEY HAVE NT FLOGGED ME YET
THE SUN’S OVER THE YARDARM FRIEND
SHIVER ME TIMBERS AND SHIP AHOY
OH THE HOLY OCEAN
I WAS TOO YOUNG BACK THEN
THOSE TUBS THAT I SAILED IN THEN
THE STARBOARD RIGGING IT JUST CAUGHT FIRE
THERE’S SMOKE IN THE ENGINE ROOM
WE SANG A SONG ABOUT OLD RED WALL
MY OLD SHIPMATES HAVE SAILED AWAY
I DONT NEED ANY MORE ADVICE
SHIVER ME TIMBERS AND SHIP AHOY
OH THE HOLY OCEAN
AND IT ONLY SOUNDS LIKE NOISE
THIS AINT REAL COMPARED TO WHAT
AND BRING ME THE HORIZON
AND SMELLED THE BRINY BLUE
AND IVE FELT THE TERROR TOO
SO SICK THAT YOU WISH YOU’D DIE
AND LOOKED TO THE HORIZON
THE SPRING WHERE WE ALL CAME FROM
BUT IT DONT MOVE JUST RIGHT
BUT EVERYTHING’S SO BLACK AND WHITE
AND NOT TURN BACK FOR ANOTHER LOOK
BRING ME THE HORIZON
IN THE PUB WHERE NELSON DRANK
I GUESS I HAVE THE GODS TO THANK
ON SOME STRAND WHERE THE SHORELINE ENDS
BECAUSE I WAS A SAILOR BOY
TO KNOW THE DANGER I WAS IN
I WOULDNT CROSS A SHALLOW HARBOUR IN
JUST AS WELL CAUSE THE NAV LIGHT’S OUT
I GUESS IT’S MY JOB TO SORT IT OUT
AND A CLOUDY AUGUST DAY
THERE ISNT THAT MUCH MORE TO SAY
SHEETS TO THE WIND AND MAIN BRACE SPLICED
BECAUSE I WAS A SAILOR BOY
OH THE HOLY OCEAN WHERE WE ALL CAME FROM
OH THE HOLY OCEAN WHERE WE ALL CAME FROM
