Short of air Layer by layer It's never on the surface Never on the surface The planet's round And so we go in circles Making mistakes Checkpoint on our trail Ocean flor It makes us sore Being in the inland Dying in the inland Surfing chests The beauty of our mess Trapped in the nets We braid ourselves Rolling up and down Blue sky to the ground Tell me why we love Things that make us howl Going back and forth We're not moving on Why the balance bores Tell me why it blows our minds Because all the pearls And treasures are here Under mermaid's hair The essence of being Scared to death When things go right We're thrown to the edge Drawn to the edge Spicy sand Is our last stand We never give a hand We are guests No element Matches our wishes Satisfies our wishes Waves caress And when we choke and gasp Cursed be We cannot drown ourselves Rolling up and down Blue sky to the ground Tell me why we love Things that make us howl Going back and forth We're not moving on Why the balance bores Tell me why it blows our minds Because all the pearls And treasures are here Under mermaid's hair The essence of being Waters are calling Shallow is near Touching the bottom Will lens us wings Because all the pearls And treasures are here Under mermaid's hair The essence of being Waters are calling Shallow is near Touching the bottom Will lend us wing