Owl City Wiki
Owl City Wiki
Advertisement

"How I Became the Sea" is the thirteenth track of the iTunes edition of Owl City's third studio album, All Things Bright and Beautiful.

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
June was the lobster shell
I dug by hand
A haven that hid me well
Beneath the sand
The wide windy waves washed in
But I stayed dry
The great breakers broke again
As I nodded off inside

[Chorus]
And then
When the Empress ran aground
And my eyes turned blue and green
I heard a gorgeous sound
And that's when it became a dream
When the sky fell in
When the hurricanes came for me
I could finally crash again
And that's how I became the sea

[Verse 2]
I wrenched the engines off
And drank them down
The depths turned the iron soft
As they swiftly drowned
And I brought the ocean side
To its rusty knees
As I felt the even tide
Deep in my shallow dreams

[Chorus]
And then
When the Empress ran aground
And my eyes turned blue and green
I heard a gorgeous sound
And that's when it became a dream
When the sky fell in
When the hurricanes came for me
I could finally crash again
And that's how I became the sea

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
When the sky fell in
(When the sky fell in)
(When the sky fell in)
When the hurricanes came for me
I could finally crash again
And that's how I became the sea
(How I became the sea)
That's how I became the sea
(How I became the sea)
That's how I became the sea
(How I became the sea) [x2]

[Outro]
(When the sky fell in)
(When the hurricanes came for me)
(I could finally crash again)
(And that's how I became the sea)
(How I became the sea)

Songs from All Things Bright and Beautiful
The Real WorldDeer in the HeadlightsAngelsDreams Don't Turn to DustHoney and the BeeKamikazeJanuary 28, 1986GalaxiesHospital FlowersAlligator SkyThe Yacht ClubPlant LifeHow I Became the SeaLonely LullabyShy VioletTo the Sky
Advertisement