[Verse 1 - shouted, clipped]
PADDLE HARD / NO WATER / JUST AIR
I CUT MY HANDS / I DO NOT CARE
THE WAVE IS MADE / OF BROKEN GLASS
I'LL RIDE IT DOWN / AND KISS THE MASS
[Chorus]
NO WAKE FOR THE WICKED
NO SHORE FOR THE DAMNED
I SURF ON THE RUST
WITH AN AXE IN MY HAND
[Verse 2]
JESUS WALKED / ON WATER (LIAR)
I RUN ON / SEVERED SPINES (HIGHER)
THE OCEAN DIED / I HELD THE WAKE
NOW EVERY DROP / IS MINE TO TAKE
[Chorus]
NO WAKE FOR THE WICKED
NO SHORE FOR THE DAMNED
I SURF ON THE RUST
WITH AN AXE IN MY HAND
[Guitar solo] – [8 bars of pure feedback, no notes, just shape]
[Bridge - spoken, fast, frantic]
I paddled through a desert. I found a wave made of knives. I looked for God. He was drowning in a puddle. I laughed. I kept paddling.
[Outro - screamed]
NO WAKE! NO WAKE! NO WAKE!
[stop. silence. then:]
...wicked.