OCEAN FROM MY EYES [Cold Open — distant, restrained] Too much for this room… Too small for the world… (tik… tik… tik…) Don’t cry. [Bass enters] I said— Don’t. Cry. [DROP] Drip-drip— SPLASH! Drip-drip— SPLASH! Ah-ka, ah-ka Down we go Whole room swells But the bass stay low [Verse 1 — clipped, confident rhythm] Head on the ceiling Feet out the door Keys on the table Can’t reach the floor Small-time trouble Big-time mess Tears on the tile Now they’re at my chest No-no, don’t panic Too late for that Water keeps climbing Where the dry floor at? [Pre-Drop] One tear Two tears Three tears Four— (Beat cuts) Now there ain’t a room no more. [MAIN DROP] I made an ocean from my eyes Now the whole damn room is alive Drip-drip—SPLASH! Let it rise I made an ocean from my— EYES! Slide left Snap right Kick that water Catch that light Ah-ka-ka! Ah-ka-ka! Run that tide If I made this wave— Then I’m gonna ride! [Instrumental Dance Break] (Drip… drip… tikka-tik…) (Huh!) (Splash-ka! Splash-ka!) BRRRAH—BUM! (Swim… swim…) (Don’t sink.) [Verse 2 — lower, nastier delivery] Mouse in the water Tail in a twist Everybody floating Nobody planned this Feathers get heavy Paws move fast Wonderland’s flooding Through the looking glass I could keep crying I could cut the feed Or move with the current I made in me [Build — sung with real power] If the water keeps rising I’ll rise with it too If I get lost in the feeling I’ll cut right through [Beat cuts] Who made the ocean? (Whisper) I did. [HEAVIEST DROP] DRIP-DRIP—SPLASH! Let it hit! TIK-TIK—CRASH! Move with it! Big-big wave Little-little me But I got that whole tide Moving under my feet Drip-drip—SPLASH! No disguise Turn that pressure into rhythm Turn that water into thunder I made an ocean from my eyes— NOW WATCH ME MAKE IT RISE! [Extended Bass/Dance Section] (Ah-ka… ah-ka… splash-ka…) (Dip—kick—roll—switch!) (Ah-ka… ah-ka…) SPLASH! [Outro — intimate whisper] Too much for the room… Too strong to drown. (Drip.)
