Don’t Look Down

Verse 1

I met a man who sold the sea

He said he'd give it all to me

But I had nowhere left to put it

So I left it by the door

The moon was late for work again

It blamed the traffic in the rain

I asked it if it knew the way

It said, "I've never been before"

Pre-Chorus

And maybe that's the way it goes

You never know what no one knows

We're all just waiting for the train

That's already gone again

Chorus

So don't look down, the floor might move

There's nothing left for us to prove

If all the stars have lost their places

Maybe that's where they belong

And if tomorrow calls my name

I'll let it ring and ring again

'Cause I've been waiting all my life

To find out where I went wrong

Verse 2

I put my troubles in a box

And gave the box to an old clock

It promised it would keep them safe

But time was never very kind

A photograph began to speak

It said, "You're older than you think"

I turned it over just in case

But there was nothing on the other side

Pre-Chorus

And maybe dreams are only dreams

Until they start to make a scene

You can ask the world to make some sense

But it never signed the agreement

Chorus

So don't look down, the floor might move

There's nothing left for us to prove

If all the stars have lost their places

Maybe that's where they belong

And if tomorrow calls my name

I'll let it ring and ring again

'Cause I've been waiting all my life

To find out where I went wrong

Bridge

I heard the sky was closing down

So I went looking for another town

The people there were made of gold

But they were cold

And somewhere underneath the street

A little voice was keeping beat

It said, "You haven't missed your chance

You've only missed the last dance"

Final Chorus

So don't look down, the floor might move

There's nothing left for us to prove

If all the stars have lost their places

Maybe that's where they belong

And if tomorrow calls my name

I'll let it ring and ring again

Perhaps the answer isn't waiting

Perhaps there wasn't one all along

Outro

I met a man who sold the sea

He said, "You never needed me."

I laughed and asked him what he meant

He'd already disappeared.