[Arrangement: Driving piano-rock with pounding drums, Hammond organ swells, rolling bass, and a big call-and-response chorus. Build from ominous verses into a storm-at-sea climax.]
[Intro]
Hear that thunder?
(Out beyond!)
Feel the water?
(Rising on!)
Wind is howling through the mast
Dark clouds gathering fast
Captain’s looking to the sky
Something’s coming by and by
[Verse 1]
The barometer is falling
And the pressure’s running low
As each wave is getting taller
Nowhere left to go
[Refrain]
You heard what the captain said:
(Rough seas ahead!)
Oh, can’t you see
(The scenes reality)
Can’t we stave…
(Another tidal wave?)
[Verse 2]
Moisture fills the air
Her anger feeds the storm
There’s energy everywhere
They call it our new norm
[Chorus]
Rough seas ahead!
(Rough seas ahead!)
Hold on tight
(It’s gonna be a night!)
Rough seas ahead!
(Do you hear that dread?)
The forecast isn’t fiction
(It’s the physics up ahead!)
[Bridge]
Can we stave it off?
(Can we change the course?)
Can we slow the rise?
(Can we use the force?)
[Refrain]
You heard what the captain said:
(Rough seas ahead!)
Oh, can’t you see
(The scenes reality)
Can’t we stave…
(Another tidal wave?)
[Instrumental]
[Pounding piano and Hammond organ]
[Drums build like approaching waves]
[Wind and thunder effects]
[Final Chorus]
Rough seas ahead!
(Rough seas ahead!)
Can you see?
(The reality!)
[Refrain]
You heard what the captain said:
(Rough seas ahead!)
Oh, can’t you see
(The scenes reality)
Can’t we stave…
(Another tidal wave?)
[Outro]
Keep your eyes upon the horizon
Keep your hands upon the wheel
The storm is not nearly done
The feel is for real
Rough seas…
(Rough seas…)
Ahead!
(Davey Jones’s bed)
[Thunder crash]
From the album “Fluidization“