Lyrics for Play Crack the Sky as interpreted by BrandNew1208

Play Crack the Sky Lyrics
Sent out an SOS 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
To be pounded in the shallows off the tip of Montauk Point

They call them rogues
They travel fast and alone
One-hundred-foot faces of God's good ocean gone wrong
What they call love is risk
'Cause you always get hit out of nowhere
By some wave and end up on your own

The hole in the hull defied the crew's attempt
To bail us out
Flooded the engines and radio
Half-buried bow

Your tongue is a rudder
It steers the whole ship
Sends your words past your lips
Keeps them safe behind your teeth
But the wrong 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
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 cold
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 drowning)
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 to what they all could mean
(Rest in the deep)
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
(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 breathless)
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 to what they all could mean
(Rest in the deep)
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
(This is the end)

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no_seatbelt_girl
06-10-2003

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We prey as wolves among the sheep
and slit the necks of soldiers while they sleep

I really think brand new has changed their lyrics since Your Favorite Weapon - but it's definetly for the better. It seems like they've really.....grown up.

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pinkpanic
06-10-2003

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this is the best song in my opinion
i agree. they're really mature on this one

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rb
06-14-2003

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this song isn't play crack the sky. it's 'good to know...'

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pinkpanic
06-14-2003

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noope, kazaa messed up a bunch of the titles.
or someone did. they have good to know on some
ecard.

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azure_emily
06-17-2003

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I think Brand New put the songs out with wrong titles to confuse people. Like, don't download our stuff, just buy the CD! But yeah... the real Play Crack The Sky is the absolute most beautiful song I've ever heard.

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azure_emily
06-17-2003

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Send out an SOS call
It's a quarter past four in the morning
And the storm broke our second anchor line
Four months it seems
Four months of calm seas to be pounded
The shallows off the tip of my talk point
The corn rows they travel fast and alone
100 foot faces of god's good ocean gone wrong
They call love is a risk
You always get hit out of nowhere
By some wave and end up on your own
The hole in the hull defide the crews attempts
To bail us out
They flooded the engines and radio half buried them
Your tounge is a rudder steers the whole ship
Sends words past your lips
Keeps em 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
Vessle gromes the ocean that 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 30 miles west
They say that the captains they stash with the ship though still and storm
But this aint the decoder the waters cold
We wont have to fight for long
This is the end
This story's old but it goes on and on until we disappear
Call me and let me taste the salt you breathe when you go underneth
I am the one that haunts your dreams of mountains sunk below the sea
I spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean
I know that this is what you want
A funeral keeps both of us apart
You know that you are not alone
I need you like water in my lungs

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luckyduck70x7
06-17-2003

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THAT is play crack in the sky...

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Huhubs
06-18-2003

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who cares why the name of the songs are all messed up, it happens...if you really like Brand New and appreciate their music, you will go out and purchase this cd to support them. Then you can read the lyrics of the inside cover

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SwipeR
06-18-2003

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for real, people piss me off, this band deserves everything but you all download the song rather than buying the cd, then complain when the titles are messed up, just go spend the 9 dollars for the cd, its worth it.

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minwage585
06-18-2003

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what a great way to end on of the greatest albums ever. im glad "they switched their titles" to end it with this. absolutely perfect, and so is this amazing album

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TakingBackStephen
06-18-2003

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They didnt switch the titles I dont think...It's not like they're the ones who leaked the whole album on the internet. They were put out originally as just track 01, track 02, and stuff people just placed a lot of the titles around i think...

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Emericanskater
06-19-2003

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so enough arguing over what song it is already, and what is it about?

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sundaybest
06-19-2003

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i love this song. the ending is so haunting. it sounds to me like another reference to his grandfather. but im making that up so don't listen to me. and yes this IS Play Crack The Sky. so much anticipation of this cd has been getting everyone confused. take it for what it is and enjoy it.

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emoboi87
06-20-2003

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i need you like water in my lungs

just speechless how he uses words, in a way noboy would ever.

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failurebydesign117
06-22-2003

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This is possibly the best song I've ever heard. Jesse is a lyrical god. I'm backing Brand New for sure.

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:xforgetmynamex:
06-22-2003

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this song is send to me by the person i'd die for.. and from the moment i heard it i felt totally lost.. i don't know how but this makes my heart stop.. so wonderful..

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luckyduck70x7
06-22-2003

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you should see jesse preform this song...amazing

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moleculesofu
06-23-2003

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does anybody else think that the backup vocals in this song sound like Adam Duritz (singer of counting crows)

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enfilade
06-23-2003

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i had that exact impression.
when i first heard this song, all i kept thinking was "counting crows."

i think i remember hearing this song is about growing up on long island.
if you think of it that way, it makes a lot of sense.

"i spoke the words but never gave a thought to what they all could mean."

this whole song sounds to me like a retrospect on first love and the ability to understand it only looking back, rather than being in it.

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vipergt196
06-26-2003

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DUDES... i bought deja entendu the day it came out and i cant stop listening to it. Each song is so so good and its just like you dont want them to end you know?? But this song in particular has got to be the best on the cd in my opinion. Whenever i listen to it, i think about life. Not exactly one thing in particular, just about life, and how rocky it can be. Kinda like being tossed around on the ocean. The part where it says "Your tongue is a rudder, it steers the whole ship", i think it means that you should watch what you say to people and just watch your actions in general. Because, "The wrong words will strand you". The song is about a lot more than that, but i just dont know how to describe it. If anyone can elaborate, then please do.

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stph4287
06-29-2003

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ten times better live.

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takin*bak*sunday
06-30-2003

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This song is sooo much more mature (for the millionth time) than Brand New, and any band for that matter, usually is. I like how it's a story song, then it kind of breaks off into the way most songs go... then returns to the story. It reminds me of Jimmy Buffett since he sings about the ocean alot. Great song.

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Atemporal
06-30-2003

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i'm looking at this song totally different than a lot of you, check this out. the end is the big mystery it seems cause it goes "i know that this is what you want, a funeral keeps both of us apart;you know that you are not alone;need you like water in my lungs; this is the end"
basically, i think he's deading someone who mistreated him in some way, a best friend, a girlfriend, a family member. the funeral is a metaphor for him being dead to this person, though he's really alive. this person knows they're not alone(has more friends he feels are more important) and that's why they felt they could treat him like shit in the first place. saying that he knows "this is what you(they) want" suggests that he feels they just really didn't care anyway. oh, one other thing...when your lungs are filled with water, you're drowning. he needs this person now as he needs to struggle to the bottom of the sea and DIE. this is the end of a relationship with someone who wasn't so great. "but the wrong words will strand you..."

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tonythefulleffect
07-01-2003

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heh, i thought it was just about a shipwreck. regardless, this song brings tears to my eyes and it is the best brand new song ever.

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fadingentity
07-02-2003

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i took this whole song as a metaphor for love because of "love is a risk to always get hit out of nowhere by some wave and end up on your own"

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