Just like the previous song in the album, this one talks about a leaving. However, while The Great Escape was a joyful and frantic run to an exciting life, Boat Song is full of doubt ; the slow and stabbing music contrasts with the decided rhythm of the previous song, and in it we can perceive the s...
[Verse 1]
We packed our bags and said farewell
Untied our knot and raised the sail
We threw our hearts into the sea
Forgot all of our memories
The wind was sweet and smelled of home
The sea was rough and felt unknown
Escaping shores of lunacy
Dawn light, twilight, infinity
[Chorus]
Can we keep our bearing straight
Or will we be blown off course?
Are we instruments of fate
Or do we really have a choice?
[Verse 2]
A voice whispers in the gales
Like in the songs and childhood tales
Where krakens raging in the sea
Crack ships into a million pieces
[Chorus]
Can we keep our bearing straight
Or will we be blown off course?
Are we instruments of fate
Or do we really have a choice?
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
We threw our hearts into the sea
Forgot all of our memories
Boat Song was written by Mitchell Yoshida & Woodkid.
Boat Song was produced by The Shoes (FRA) & Woodkid.