[Verse 1]
A cannon was fired by the light of the moon and
Waiting the boat should be here very soon and
I mind less and less all the silly pictures that hang around my room, for now
I write you a letter, I hope you feel better
I hope you forgive the transgressions
I've given you love and I've given you anger as well
And I mean them both
I always knew it was coming this way
It was coming this way
I always knew a big boat would come
Take me away, take me away
I stood in my bed
Then I slipped in my dress
Then I ran through the halls like a ghost
And in case someone heard me
I grabbed up a dagger that I'd never used, unless
Bare feet on the cobblestone street
Then a beach
Then a splash
Then my ankles, my knees
Then my thighs and my eyes open wide
I threw myself right into the sea
Then I could see it was coming my way
It was coming my way
I always knew a big boat would come and take me away
Take me away, take me away
[Chorus 1]
I've woken up once
And I've woken up twice
And I've woken up millions and millions of times
[Verse 2]
Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
I would if I could
But I can't, so I don't
My heart breaks too easy, my words get all jumbled
And when I wear lipstick
No one understands me at all
[Chorus 2][x2]
They think I'm saying hello and goodbye and hello and goodbye
But what I'm really saying is
[Chorus 1]