big boat caught in my throat it s the deck hand hitting the wrong notes came to with a pain in my gut again i cut it open wide took out a box inside the box there was a beat keeping time is it a crime to pass the blame if every time the punishment is the same life is a loose tooth leaving your mouth so get it out get it out dig that ditch ditch that dirt it s just a body now pick me up so i can fall back down again decending into vertigo if it s a crime they ll hang me every time i tried to offer up a reason why i tried my dear to set things straight i fear that i was too late to be cleared of the crime i just missed a slap on the wrist a key witness to the stand but the jury s out creeping about i am a guilty man and the cyst is growing into this so i drowned in the boat i choked down and the captain remained proud looked down seeing the ground getting closer to me and now the ground is coming up my sleeves pick me up so i can fall back down again descending into vertigo if it s a crime they ll hang me every time i tried to offer up a reason why i tried my dear to set things straight i fear that i was too late to be cleared of the crime if it s a crime they ll hang me every time i tried to set things straight i fear that i was too late to be cleared of the crime