[Verse]

All my antics and my gibberish

Put a damper on my sentences

I'm a cuddlefish

Trying to cover up my incompetence

Maybe your fancy just isn't ticklish

Maybe your heart belongs to another fish

But on your part that'd be foolish

Baby, I think you ought to think through this

[Chorus]

The sea is big big big

And it's full of scary things

Like great white sharks

And colossal squid

And I'm worried about you

I don't want you to get hurt

I don’t want you to get hurt

I don’t want you to get hurt

[Post-Chorus]

If you love something

So they say

You should set it free

But I disagree

'Cause I can safely say that

Catching and releasing

Isn't what I'd want for me

[Verse]

I know I know better than you do

What is best for you to do

Can't you see the logic there?

It's superlogical

My perspective is an outside one

And that's really saying something

'Cause we don't have mirrors

And since we're under the water

There isn't a surface

For you to see your reflection in

Not that you don't look nice!

In fact, how wonderful you look

Is exactly what the problem is

[Chorus]

The sea is big big big

And it's full of scary things

Like great white sharks

And colossal squid

And I'm worried about you

I don't want you to get hurt

I don’t want you to get hurt

I don’t want you to get hurt

[Bridge]

It guts me every time

I hear you're frequenting

Such sketchy dives

It's not like it's a crime

But what if you get caught by a scuba diver

Just like Nemo and I can't find you?

[Verse]

Still I'd never cease my quest for you

What else would there be for me to do?

Sure, there are plenty of fishes in the ocean

But not one of them could ever get a hook in my devotion

So my love for you supports recent scholarly publications

Reporting that fish have a greater capacity for memory

Than was previously believed

And I will miss you for the rest of my life