[Verse 1]
We were all sailors
The tree house was our mast
Of the greatest ship
And our lives were cast
Upon an ocean
Oh, the histories that we made
But I never saw you
Slip beneath the waves

[Verse 2]
And I really liked you
Would carry the weight of the world if you asked me to
And I really loved you
You're my hero up on the rigging
We were all sailors
Yeah, conquerors every day
I never saw you
Slip beneath the waves

[Chorus]
There is a secret
I'm not so proud of
Never told anyone
Not even God
[Verse 3]
Here comes the grief
Yeah, running its course
Stuck in the veins
Of the whole damned universe
I was never good
At feeling what you felt
I was never good
At hearing your cries for help

[Chorus]
There is a secret
I'm not so proud of
Never told anyone
Not even God

[Verse 4]
Once knew a man
Yeah, I knew him well
He dropped a secret
Two tears in the wishing well
He said three prayers
Then he left to go
And from the well
There grew the reddest rose
[Bridge]
You loved the wind
Yeah, you loved the storm
So you'll be a sailor
And reach the other shore

[Chorus]
There is a secret
I'm not so proud of
Never told anyone
Not even God