Nautilus

[Intro] [melancholic organ chord] [Verse] The mermaid is at the helm With hair like seaweed and eyes like clams Her steering wheel is a coral reef She tells us of lands of human teeth [Prechorus] So I'm trying to remember How to hold my breath And how to keep my chest from rising Like a cork floating up to the surface To the seaweed forests of Monterey Bay [Chorus] But in the next life I am a nautilus In a shell of iridescence In a garden of floating stars And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone [Verse 2] I always thought I would drown 'Cause I was too dumb to breathe But I'm breathing now The dive instructor gave me one last chance Took me down to the seagrass [Prechorus] Told me I was holding too much air in my chest Said "Blow out your bubbles Keep yourself low Just go with the flow" Said "Just keep on kicking Your fins are clicking" Said "Keep on breathing Keep on swimming" [Chorus] 'Cause in the next life I am a nautilus In a shell of iridescence In a garden of floating stars And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone And I'm gone