Walt Grace, desperately hating this whole place
Dreamed to discover a new space and buried himself alive
Inside his ba!@&(t

Tongue on the side of his face meant
He's working away on displacement
And what it would take to survive

Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you


And his wife told his kids he was crazy
And his friends said he'd fail if he tried
But with the will to work hard and a library card

He took a homemade, fan blade, one-man submarine ride

That morning the sea was mad and I mean it

Waves as big as he'd seen it deep in his dreams at home
From dry land, he rolled it over to wet sand
Closed the hatch up with one hand

And pedaled off alone
Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you


And for once in his life, it was quiet
As he learned how to turn in the tide

And the sky was aflare when he came up for air
In his homemade, fan blade, one-man submarine ride


One evening, when weeks had passed since his leaving
The call she planned on receiving finally made it home
She accepted the news she never expected

The operator connected the call from Tokyo
Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you


Now his friends bring him up when they're drinking
At the bar with his name on the side

And they smile when they kid, as they speak of the man
Who took a homemade, fan blade, one-man submarine ride