[Verse 1] At dawn we paddle out Salt on every wrist Boards like sharpened arrows Cutting through the mist Fingers on the koto Silver on the spray We know every breaker We know every way [Pre-Chorus] Tourists drift too close Phones up in the foam They see the line we guard Then they learn the poem The sea goes dark and loud The whole bay holds its breath One look from the lineup And they step back fast [Chorus] These are our waves (our waves) These are our waves (our waves) Ride or get rolled You don't own the break These are our waves (our waves) These are our waves (our waves) Koto in the wind And thunder in the wake [Verse 2] We carve through towering walls Like ink across a drum Every turn is sacred Every drop is stunned Boards singing over water Hands on lacquered strings While the outsiders hover We make the shoreline ring [Pre-Chorus] Tourists drift too close Phones up in the foam They see the line we guard Then they learn the poem The sea goes dark and loud The whole bay holds its breath One look from the lineup And they step back fast [Chorus] These are our waves (our waves) These are our waves (our waves) Ride or get rolled You don't own the break These are our waves (our waves) These are our waves (our waves) Koto in the wind And thunder in the wake [Bridge] Hear the deep water call Hear the carved note fly We were born with the current And the current knows our eye One more wall of green One more blaze of spray When we stand on the lip Even giants move away [Final Chorus] These are our waves (our waves) These are our waves (our waves) Ride or get rolled You don't own the break These are our waves (our waves) These are our waves (our waves) Koto in the wind And thunder in the wake
