[Verse 1] I don't need a name on a locker I don't need a hand on my back I don't need a crowd on the shoreline Or somebody counting my tracks I know where the cold water gathers I know where the undertow sleeps The land makes a terrible racket The sea knows when to keep things deep [Pre-Chorus] No flag No sign No footprints behind me Just salt Just sky Just the blue unwinding [Chorus] Rogue waves, roll me away Take me somewhere the maps don't say I found a heaven no one could see The whole wide ocean opening for me Rogue waves, carry me home I've never been lost when I'm alone If nobody saw it, it still was mine The perfect wave at the end of time [Verse 2] There was a beach past the black rocks Where the gulls wouldn't bother to land The tide pulled back like a curtain And the sea stood up at the sand I paddled out under the morning Saw a wall rise out of the blue It curled like the mouth of a secret And I knew what I had to do [Build] No witness No warning No camera No name Just me and the mountain That nobody came to claim [Chorus] Rogue waves, roll me away Take me somewhere the maps don't say I found a heaven no one could see The whole wide ocean opening for me Rogue waves, carry me home I've never been lost when I'm alone If nobody saw it, it still was mine The perfect wave at the end of time [Bridge — weightless, almost whispered] And I was flying And I was flying And the whole world fell away And I was laughing God, I was laughing I could've stayed there all day Something moved beneath me Something black and wide The water changed its color The sea opened up its side [Breakdown — sudden, sparse] One hard turn One white flash A sound like canvas tearing Half a board A red seam And the blue sky disappearing [Verse 3 — distant, ghostly] They found the pieces in the shallows They found my leash wrapped in weed No footprints leading back to the highway No one to say what they'd seen Somewhere the tide keeps on turning Somewhere the deep keeps its score I wait where the great waves are breaking And paddle out, wanting one more [Final Chorus — swelling, haunted] Rogue waves, roll me away I know there's another one out there someday I felt the whole ocean carry me I was the only soul alive and free Rogue waves, don't leave me alone I can't find the beach, I can't find home If nobody saw it, it still was mine The perfect wave at the end of time [Outro — surf hiss, distant voice] There's a shadow under the water There's a shadow under the foam I keep waiting for the wave to find me I was never Afraid Of the ocean.
