[Verse 1] He bit the red tide And the fungus grin Salt on his tongue Then the sky split in The deck went soft Like a breathing lung His compass spun And the parrots sung [Pre-Chorus] He swayed to the rail With a glassy stare Then the mast lit up Like a struck-up flare One blink later The sea was gone And the old black ship Was sailing on [Chorus] Nebula Cutlass Hold the line Nebula Cutlass Through the brine We drift, we turn We burn, we gleam In controlled chaos He found the seam (Nebula Cutlass) [Verse 2] Past purple clouds And a ladder of gold He dodged bright storms With a hand on the fold A moon with teeth Tried to bite his wake He laughed too hard And the frame did shake [Pre-Chorus] Loose in the dark But he kept his nerve Past spinning rings And a comet curve He read the foam Like a liar reads glass Then the void bent low And let them pass [Chorus] Nebula Cutlass Hold the line Nebula Cutlass Through the brine We drift, we turn We burn, we gleam In controlled chaos He found the seam (Nebula Cutlass) [Bridge] When the stars got close He heard his name In a thousand sparks Of the same old game He gripped the wheel Like a prayer in bone And sailed that wreck Back toward the known [Final Chorus] Nebula Cutlass Hold the line Nebula Cutlass Through the brine We drift, we turn We burn, we gleam In controlled chaos He found the seam (Nebula Cutlass)
