11. Play Crack the Sky

Brand New
Deja Entendu

We sent out the S.O.S. call.
It was a quarter past four, in the morning
When the storm broke our second anchor line.
Four months at sea. Four months of calm seas {only}
To be pounded in the shallows off the tip of Montauk Point.

They call 'em rogues. They travel fast and alone.
One hundred foot faces of God's good ocean gone wrong.
What they call love is a risk,
'Cause you will always get hit
Out of nowhere by some wave
And end up on your own.

The hole in the hull defied the crews attempts,
To bail us out.
And flooded the engines and radio,
And half buried bow.

Your tongue is a rudder.
It steers the whole ship.
Sends your words past your lips
Or keeps them safe behind your teeth.
But the wrong words will strand you.
Come off course while you sleep.
Sweep your boat out to sea
Or dashed to bits on the reef.

The vessel groans
The ocean pressures its frame.
To the port I see the lighthouse
Through the sleet and the rain.
And I wish for one more day to give my
Love and repay debts.
But the morning finds our bodies washed up thirty miles west.

They say that the captain stays fast with the ship,
Through still and storm,
But this ain't the Dakota,
And the water's so cold,
{We} won't have to fight for long.

(This is the end.)
This story's old but it goes on and on until we disappear,
(This is the calm.)
Calm me and let me taste the salt you breathed while you were underneath,
(We are the risen.)
I am the one who haunts your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea,
(After the storm.)
I spoke the words but never gave a thought of what they all could mean,
(Rest in the sea.)
I know that this is what you want, a funeral keeps both of us apart.
(Washed up on the beach.)
You know that you are not alone, I need you like water in my lungs.
[x2]

This is the end.


...You never do see any other way...

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[drizzt4418]

I can remember vividly sitting in my friends apartment while someone played the guitar and we all sang this song before I went away to college. To me it was the transition from childhood to adulthood, and every time I hear it I get a mixture of home sickness and the joy of driving back home on breaks from school. It's a sad yet wonderful feeling I cannot express fully in words, and to this day almost 7 years later, the feeling is just as strong.

Thank you for this song.

[AlexandraKate08]

Brand New is one of my all time fav bands, and though I love all their music (this cd especially), sometimes I have no idea what Jesse is singing about.. I wish I could just sit down with him and ask him to explain all his songs from the Deja Entendu album.

[Adotdems]

He sounds on the verge of tears at times, amazing

[tlrdmr]

gaddamnit Lacey is such a better lyricist than Accardi. I truly hope the next album is written by him alone, again.

[danteisbrutal]

@drizzt4418 nostalgia

[primitiveworlds]

he's probably singing about Adam hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­ha! ha...

[mdnetti]

@Ovbrodeur8 yes!

[3adCompany]

@AlexandraKate08 It's gotta be about a girl. Someone he loves or loved very much I'm sure.

[Ovbrodeur8]

if i had to listen to one song for the rest of my life..it would be this one

[papayakidd]

lol these songs bring me back to my emo days

[momentomori93]

at the end when he says " never to see any other way" its a beatles reference from a day in the life at the end of the song they say it just like this one :)

[angela022584]

Thank you so much for this vid. One of my favorite bands and my all time favorite song