When you walked in the door They were waiting They confronted you with the evidence You'd been practicing in the mirror They caught you off guard You weren't ready If they'd waited another day, you would've been fine But when you attempted to speak Whole fish Flopping from your mouth Wriggling on the floor Gasping for air Ocean water everywhere Staining the carpet and running out the door ♪ So that's your big secret? You've been swallowing live fish? You weren't listening You were trying to get the taste from your mouth ♪ All over the city You'd noticed people spitting on the sidewalks You'd always just thought of them as rude But now you wondered Did they try to explain a disconcerting situation too soon And end up with the ocean in their mouths? ♪ You could still taste the salt Two weeks later You could still feel the friction of the scales in your throat And your teeth were slowly dissolving All the dentists you saw Shrugged their shoulders They couldn't figure out what was happening So, bit by bit, you retreated from your daily life Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh