[Verse 1] Captain Blackbeard in the hold Found a reef where the dark ones grow Deep sea mushrooms in a salt-cracked crate Took that bite and he met his fate Lantern leaned, then the deck got thin Blue fish eyes in his open gin Harbor ghosts in the cannon smoke Then the hull split like a joke [Pre-Chorus] The tide went left The moon went red His boots forgot What floor meant [Chorus] Sucked down hard In the whirlpool light Spun out fast Through the black sky night Hold on, hold on The stars went wild Hold on, hold on He got lost in style [Verse 2] Came out gasping past Saturn rings Saw gold whales with electric wings Comets darting like broken knives Jelly suns and a dozen lives A moon in a crown said, “Follow me” Past ice-scar lungs and a marble sea He steered by the buzz in his bone And the ghost of his wooden home [Pre-Chorus] The maps all burned The compass laughed He sailed by fear And called it craft [Chorus] Sucked down hard In the whirlpool light Spun out fast Through the black sky night Hold on, hold on The stars went wild Hold on, hold on He got lost in style [Bridge] He met an eye in a meteor chain Saw his old name in a purple rain A rocket choir, a silver reef A thousand masks in a pirate sleeve Then the void said, “Boy, choose your lane” He spun three times and broke the chain Pointed home with a shaking grin And the whole damn sky let him in [Final Chorus] Sucked down hard In the whirlpool light Spun out fast Through the black sky night Hold on, hold on The stars went wild Hold on, hold on He got lost in style Hold on, hold on Past hell and foam Hold on, hold on He sailed back home
