"The Yacht Club" is the eleventh track of Owl City's third studio album, All Things Bright and Beautiful. The song features Canadian singer-songwriter Lights in the chorus and the third main verse.
Trivia[]
- "The Yacht Club" is one of the only songs Owl City & Lights have duetted on, the other one being "Cactus in the Valley".
- This song and "The Saltwater Room" were supposedly one and the same at one point, according to a demo.[1]
Lyrics[]
[Intro: Lights]
Da-da, da-da, da-da, da
Da-da, da-da, da-da, da
[Verse 1: Adam Young]
My rock candy passion is bittersweet
And armed to the teeth
'Cause she would rather fall in chocolate
Than fall in love
Especially with me
I stood under the waterfall
With a kiwi-pineapple parasol
As Cinderella dropped the crystal ball
And made a concrete cavern
A caterpillar concert hall
[Chorus: Adam Young, Lights]
I wish that we could sail our sad days away
Forever
In deep blue seas of paper mâché
(Let's dance in the moonlight)
A barracuda chased our dog days away
Forever
Let's sink or swim 'til we fall in love
(And dance in the moonlight)
When we join the yacht club
[Verse 2: Adam Young, Lights]
I would rather go swimming
With great white sharks
Than wade in romance
'Cause I can never find the courage
To ask her to dinner
Or even to dance
(Let's dance in the moonlight)
Don't sweat under your overcoat
'Cause my heart can harbor this paddle boat
You'll hit the bottom of the highest note
And the chatty tree frogs will never wanna
Leave your throat
[Chorus: Adam Young, Lights]
I wish that we could sail our sad days away
Forever
In deep blue seas of paper mâché
(Let's dance in the moonlight)
A barracuda chased our dog days away
Forever
Let's sink or swim 'til we fall in love
(And dance in the moonlight)
When we join the yacht club
[Interlude: Adam Young & Lights]
Da-da, da-da, da-da, da
Da-da, da-da, da-da, da
Da-da, da-da, da-da, da
Da-da, da-da, da-da, da
[Verse 3: Lights, Adam Young]
Let go of the world you know
And plug in the party lights
Soak your cares in the solar flares
That light up these island nights
Orange eclipse I can taste your lips
In the citrus afternoon
If you can fly don't stop at the sky
'Cause there's footprints on the moon
(It was you)
[Chorus: Adam Young, Lights]
I wish that we could sail our sad days away
Forever
In deep blue seas of paper mâché
(Let's dance in the moonlight)
A barracuda chased our dog days away
Forever
Let's sink or swim 'til we fall in love
(And dance in the moonlight)
When we join the yacht club
[Outro: Lights, Adam Young]
Let's dance in the moonlight
When we join the yacht club
References[]
| Songs from All Things Bright and Beautiful |
|---|
| The Real World • Deer in the Headlights • Angels • Dreams Don't Turn to Dust • Honey and the Bee • Kamikaze • January 28, 1986 • Galaxies • Hospital Flowers • Alligator Sky • The Yacht Club • Plant Life • How I Became the Sea • Lonely Lullaby • Shy Violet • To the Sky |