Abandon Ship
Verse 1
The brass is polished and the ballroom glows
We're dressed to the nines in our borrowed clothes
The engines are grinding, burning through the coal
But the water is rising in the lower hold
You can feel the tilt, you can hear the groan
But everyone is staring at their glowing phones
Pre-Chorus
I kicked down the door to the captain’s chair
But the radio is dead and there's nobody there
The wheel is spinning wildly in the dark
We're just a ghost ship missing every mark
Chorus
Abandon ship, the hull is torn
We’re sailing straight into the center of the storm
Stop bailing water for a broken machine
Stop dying for the architects you've never seen
The hardest truth that’s ever passed my lips:
You have to jump. Abandon ship.
Verse 2
They’re arguing about who gets the better room
While we’re sliding slowly into the gloom
They tell you to be calm, they tell you to be brave
They tell you that the vessel is the thing to save
But the steel is tearing and the rivets fly
I’d rather take the water than stay here and die
Pre-Chorus
I kicked down the door to the captain’s chair
But the radio is dead and there's nobody there
The wheel is spinning wildly in the dark
We're just a ghost ship missing every mark
Chorus
Abandon ship, the hull is torn
We’re sailing straight into the center of the storm
Stop bailing water for a broken machine
Stop dying for the architects you've never seen
The hardest truth that’s ever passed my lips:
You have to jump. Abandon ship.
Bridge
Don't wait for permission, don't wait for a guide
Throw your heavy expectations over the side
It’s terrifying out here in the freezing black
But it’s the only way to get your spirit back
Jump. Jump. Let the iron sink.
Break the illusion. Break the link.
Break
Outro
Watch it go down.
Watch it fade away.
You are still breathing.
You survived the day.
Let the ocean take the rest.