“Submarines” is the third song from both The Lumineers EP and The Lumineers album.
The song is sung from the perspective of the band’s lead singer’s great grandfather, who tells the story of the time he saw a Japanese submarine off the coast and no one in town believed him due to his reputation for...
[Verse 1]
I believe submarines
Underneath deep blue sea
Saw the flags, Japanese
No one will believe me
[Hook 1]
Ran back to the town bar and
I told the people how
I had seen a submarine
And everyone laughed aloud
[Verse 2]
I did spy a periscope
Dead of night on the eastern coast
The police made them jokes
Told me I'd seen a ghost
[Hook 2]
Everyone thinks I'm a liar
No one knows the truth
If it was a bigger fire
I would be on the roof
[Verse 3]
Ships will rust in Baldwin Bay (Let me go)
No one trusts what I say (I don't know)
Oh my God, no one paid (attention)
Overnight, my hair turned gray (Oh, oh, oh)
[Hook 3]
In the end, it boils down
To credibility
I had none, so I will die
With the secrets of the sea
[Outro]
(Submarine)
(Can't find me)
Submarine
(Submarine)
Submarines was written by Jeremiah Fraites & Wesley Schultz.
Submarines was produced by Ryan Hadlock.
The Lumineers released Submarines on Sat Dec 19 2009.