[Verse 1]
Most set sail in a usual way
And always stand to reason, never set themselves ablaze
Our proud galleon that sets sail today
Just dwarfs the other vessels, cuts through the waves
[Verse 2]
Clocked a trawler at eleven knots
It was nothing to write home about, all that stuff I said
Was true, I really mean that
I just can't face up to what's happening with you here
Now that you're half-dead
[Chorus]
In a half-life
My sweet captain's sailin' away from me
In a dungeon
All that beauty locked in a cell with he
[Verse 3]
Enlisted men hit the waves again
I can't adjust the rudder — man overboard!
I never knew you'd capsize, my friend
I said you were my brother, I thought you'd be restored
[Chorus]
In a half-life
My sweet captain's sailin' away from me
[?] so hard to reach you
This mutiny shipwrecked and beached you
In a dungeon
All that beauty locked in a cell with he
[Post-Chorus]
Our wondrous voyages seem like a dream to me
Since all our dreams were plunged into this fitful sea
[Bridge]
In my dreams still
You're just like you were, you're just fine
In my waking
You are never out of my mind
On the telephone at four AM
You said you wanted to stay
It came as no surprise
'Cause you were always that way
I made up your bed, I went back to mine
Yeah I drifted, but then
When you never showed, how could I have known
You'd never show up again?
[Outro]
Show up again
Show up again, dear friend, oh
Show up again