The song is about an anthropomorphic boat being built high on a hill. It will evidently never be finished and it dreams of sailing on the water. “Rainy days bring boyish wonder” is a line that reflects the longing the boat has to be at sea. The song is ultimately a metaphor for failed and broken dre...
[Verse 1]
Boat on a hill, never going to sea
Anchored to a fixer upper's dream
This boat is beat, never gonna be a boat now
Thirsty, sees the sea from high on the ice plant
[Pre-Chorus]
He keeps patching it and painting
Thinking about his pension plan
But the boat is out to pasture
Seems it never had a chance
[Chorus]
I wanna be a boat
I wanna learn to swim
Then I'll learn to float
Then begin again
I wanna be a boat
I wanna learn to swim
Then I'll learn to float
Then begin again
Begin again
[Verse 2]
Boat remembers the carpenter's sure hand
Missing fishy flutter on its rudder
Sold at an auction, on a dolly ever since
Sometimes rainy days drop boyish wonder
[Pre-Chorus]
He keeps patching it and painting
Thinking about his pension plan
But the boat is out to pasture
Seems it never had a chance
[Chorus]
I wanna be a boat
I wanna learn to swim
Then I'll learn to float
Then begin again
I wanna be a boat
I wanna learn to swim
Then I'll learn to float
Then begin again
Begin again
The Boat Dreams from the Hill was written by Chris Bauermeister & Adam Pfahler & Blake Schwarzenbach.
The Boat Dreams from the Hill was produced by Jawbreaker.
Jawbreaker released The Boat Dreams from the Hill on Mon Feb 07 1994.