
šŗ HOOK THE ODYSSEY WE AINāT HOME YET THOUSAND MILES OF MONSTERS AND WE AINāT DONE YET THE ODYSSEY KEEP MOVING ON EVERY ROAD LOOKS CURSED BUT WE KEEP WALKING ON āø» VERSE 1 Okay boom we left town in the middle of spring With a rusted old map and a pocket full of dreams Crossed the Glassbone Desert where the sand cuts steel And the skeleton dunes somehow whisper and squeal Then we sailed Blackwater on a raft held together By optimism, bad rope, and questionable weather Got attacked by a serpent longer than a train Named Carl for about six seconds before he ate Dave Then the sky turned gold and the compass went blind And we spent three weeks sailing sideways through time Found a lighthouse standing where the ocean should be And a giant carved moon staring back at me āø» šŗ HOOK THE ODYSSEY WE AINāT HOME YET THOUSAND MILES OF MONSTERS AND WE AINāT DONE YET THE ODYSSEY KEEP MOVING ON EVERY ROAD LOOKS CURSED BUT WE KEEP WALKING ON āø» VERSE 2 Now we climbed the Bell Giant Mountains at dawn Where the church bells grow naturally out of the stone Met a hermit king living inside a whale skull Who sold us directions and a bucket of eels Then we crossed a forest where the shadows got teeth And the rivers all flowed underneath the trees Got chased by a flock of thunder geese at night Brother those things hold grudges and they know how to fight Then we reached Saint Lazarus Hollow Population three A witch A goat And an immortal beekeeper named Steve They warned us not to follow the lights in the fog So naturally Blackjack immediately got lost āø» š BRIDGE Been gone so long Donāt know what weāll find Donāt know if home still remembers our names Or if weāre just stories now Told beside a fire Somewhere far behind us But the road keeps calling And tomorrow keeps coming āø» VERSE 3 Now the storm wall rising on the western plain And the stars keep falling like mechanical rain Got a city walking slowly on enormous legs And a dragon nesting underneath its bridge Then we found an oracle buried in sand Who spoke entirely through a mariachi band Said the worldās in danger Said the clock running low Said weād better keep moving So we figured letās go Then the mountains opened up and revealed a face Older than the oceans and the human race And it simply yawned Then went back to sleep Brother thatās the moment I stopped questioning things āø» šŗ DOUBLE TIME BREAKDOWN OkayWAITwaitWAIT Ghost ships Sky whales Living storms Broken rails Bell giants Moon kings Whatever those centipede dragons things Lost maps Dark gods Talking wolves Broken roads Blackjack somehow fighting destiny again Then the sea split open and revealed a stairway Leading straight into somewhere beyond ordinary And the oracle band started playing louder AS THE THUNDER GEESE RETURNED FOR ROUND TWO āø» šŗ FINAL HOOK THE ODYSSEY WE AINāT HOME YET HALF THE CREW CONFUSED AND THE OTHER HALF WET THE ODYSSEY KEEP MOVING ON EVERY ROAD LOOKS CURSED BUT WE KEEP WALKING ON THE ODYSSEY THE LONG WAY ROUND IF TROUBLE GOT A ZIP CODE WE PROBABLY THERE NOW āø» šø JAM OUTRO KEEP WALKING KEEP WALKING KEEP WALKING KEEP WALKING (guitar lead begins) KEEP WALKING KEEP WALKING KEEP WALKING (background voices) GLASSBONE DESERT BLACKWATER SEA THUNDER GEESE MOON KING BELL GIANTS SHADOW FOREST KEEP WALKING KEEP WALKING KEEP WALKING (the band gradually disappears over the horizon) KEEP WALKINGā¦

