Uploaded May 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"The Oddest Sea" from The Speed of Sound in Seawater's debut LP, "First Contact"
Available here: thespeedofsoundinseawater.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:
It's land
at last
I see mountains
from the top mast

Land ho!

Virgin earth
untouched ground
flawless soil we've found

We'll claim it
we'll own it
the first men to know it

What's that in the distance?
Let's travel ashore
What are these strange ruins?
Someone's been here before

This structure's familiar like something I've seen
Inside of a nightmare or a fever dream
But the way that dream ended...
Well, nevermind

Brace yourselves, my shipmates
Unsheath your sharpened swords
But no sane man could prepare
for what was behind that door

Get in the life boat
get in the life boat, matey
I'm not a lifeguard
But you can get in my life boat, baby