[Verse 1]
When you walked in the door
They were waiting
They confronted you with the evidence
You'd been practicing in the mirror

[Verse 2]
They caught you off guard
You weren't ready
If they'd waited another day, you would've been fine
But when you attempted to speak

[Chorus]
Whole fish
Flopping from your mouth
Wriggling on the floor
Gasping for air

[Post-Chorus]
Ocean water everywhere
Staining the carpet and running out the door

[Interlude]
"So that's your big secret?
You've been swallowing live fish?"
You werеn't listening
You were trying to gеt the taste from your mouth
[Bridge]
All over the city
You'd noticed people spitting on the sidewalks
You'd always just thought of them as rude
But now you wondered
Did they try to explain a disconcerting situation too soon
And end up with the ocean in their mouths?

[Verse 3]
You could still taste the salt
Two weeks later
You could still feel the friction of the scales in your throat
And your teeth were slowly dissolving

[Verse 4]
All the dentists you saw
Shrugged their shoulders
They couldn't figure out what was happening
So, bit by bit, you retreated from your daily life

[Outro]
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh