I am only a man and there is no reason To try to be anything more I set my sails, successfully failed Down with the ship And I've washed ashore So many disasters can happen so fast But there's hope, stay afloat And so the story goes Just wanna thank you For all the good times that I've had You have been a friend to me It all starts when I realize the beach Ain't the end of the world I got that treasure map When I leave, not looking back If should die in my own wake They could say I tried and took chance To live for my own sake At first the ocean recedes Revealing the earth, so inviting Beckons me to the floor I step from the sand Tsunami is rising It blots out the sun But I stand for the war I can hear seagulls They're flying in circles To see me defeated And so the story goes