[Verse 1] Salt on my tongue Map in my hand, all wrong Edge of the world was a rumor Told to us since we were young Old man said, “Boy Sail too far, you fall” So I packed up fear in a bottle Never dared to test that wall [Chorus] But the world went round, round, round on me (hey!) Horizon kept on hiding as I’d chase that line at sea Thought I’d find an end Just the curve beneath my feet Yeah the world went round, round, round on me And it broke those chains they wrapped around my belief [Verse 2] Crew half-drunk on stories Half-drunk on cheap black rum Swore there’s dragons at the border Where the rolling waters run Weeks went by, no ending Just a sky that bent and bent Stars drew circles over masts Like a truth the liars never meant [Chorus] And the world went round, round, round on me (oh!) Every tale they nailed into my skull came free Saw the moonlight slide On a gentle, giant sweep Yeah the world went round, round, round on me And it tipped their little flat-town kingdom in the deep [Bridge] So raise that flag for the sinners For the ones who asked “but why?” For the kid who sketched a circle And got laughed to the side Curse the captains of the classroom Who were scared of what we’d see I found a rolling, roaming planet Where they swore there’d be a reef [Chorus] Now the world goes round, round, round with me (hey!) Past the painted edge they printed in their sheets Let the old false floor Crack and crumble underneath Yeah the world goes round, round, round with me And I’ll toast to every soul Who sails past what they’re told to believe
