I do not exist, but faithfully insist,
Sailing in our separate ships and from each tiny caravelle
Tiring of trying, with unecessary dying,
Like the horseshoe crab in it's proper season sheds it's shell
Such distance from our friends,
Like a scratch across the lens,
Made everything look wrong from anywhere we stood
And our paper blew away before we'd left the bay
So half blind, we wrote these songs on sheets of salty wood

Caught me makin' eyes at the other boatman's wife,
And heard me laughing louder at the jokes told by their daughter
I'd set my course for land, but you well understand,
It takes a steady hand to navigate adultrous water
The propeller's spinning blades held aquaintance with the waves,
As there's mistakes I've made no rowing could outrun
The cloth low on the mast, I say I got no past,
I'm nonetheless the librarian and secretary's son

The tarnish on my brass, the mildew on my glass--
I'd never want someone so crass as to want someone like me
But a few leagues off the shore, I bit a flashing lure,
And I assure you it was not what I expected it to be
I still tastes its' kiss, that dull hook in my lip
Is a memory as useless as a rod without a reel
To an anchor ever dropped, sea-sick yet still docked,
Captain spotted napping with his first mate at the wheel!

We'll float forgetfully along, with no need to be strong,
We keep our confessions long, but when we pray we keep it short
I drank a thimble full of fire,
I'm not ever coming back
Oh, my God

I do not exist, but faithfully insist,
While watching sink the heavy ship with everything we knew!
And if ever you come near, I'll hold up high a mirror
Lord, I could never show you anything as beautiful as you