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So they rode the sea, it went on and on
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They were years away, though it seemed so long
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But the captain never told them what he knew
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As the poor ship laboured on through the endless blue
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[Verse 2]
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Oh, the storm was strong and the ship was so frail
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But they stumbled on raising broken sails
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And they held the heavy sky on their open hands
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And they dreamed of when their poor feet would touch the land
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[Refrain]
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Mabey we're going 'round in circles
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Where is this place we're going to?
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Does anybody know we're out here on the waves?
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And are any of our signals coming through?
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We're going 'round in circles
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We have no single point of view
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And like the clouds that turn to every passing wind
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We turn to any signal that comes through
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[Verse 3]
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At the edge of the sea were the signs of the dove
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But the wrong way out and the wrong way up
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We pushed the empty frame of reason out the cabin door
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No, we won't be needing reasons anymore
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