[Verse 1]
Cataclysmic visions, I get palpitations at night
I dream about some floating poet, then I get up and I write
And while I'm sure some write to feel content
And keep away the madness
The reason I keep doing this is to document my sadness

[Chorus]
When I'm awake, I'm losing self-esteem
But when I drift away to sleep
I have these self-important dreams
So please just chase me up the stairs, just one last time
Nick me on the ankle and then tell me that we're fine
Tell me that we're fine

[Verse 2]
I know it's pathetic, in a world with so much pain
I'm feeling sorry for myself
But I can't seem to shake this shame
So I act like I'm impervious to the shit that's thrown my way
And I know I shouldn't care, but I feel hideous today

[Chorus]
When I'm awake, I'm losing self-esteem
But when I drift away to sleep
I have these self-important dreams
So please just chase me up the stairs, just one last time
Nick me on the ankle and then tell me that we're fine
Tell me that we're fine
[Bridge]
Would you believe it, Sylvia Plath and me
In a rubber boat, out at sea
Hunched against the cold; we were tired and we were old
We shared abridged biographies
And told dirty jokes, as our extremities started to freeze
Clouds overhead, I hung on every word she said
She said; "Is it the sea you hear in me?
It's dissatisfactions, or the voice of nothing
That used to be your madness
It'll soon be dawn, so hurry up and row
Or is it that you've got nowhere else to go?
I can see you, lonely behind the eyes
I can see you; and in a sense, I used to fucking be you
And one day you'll be me, and maybe then you'll see
Some boats weren't built to float
So hurry up and row, hurry up and row, hurry up and row"

[Outro]
Chase me, oh, please chase me
(Hurry up and row, hurry up and row)
Up the stairs, just one last time
(Hurry up and row, hurry up and row)
Nick me on the ankle and then tell me that we're fine