[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.]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nHear that thunder?
\n(Out beyond!)
\nFeel the water?
\n(Rising on!)<\/p>\n
Wind is howling through the mast
\nDark clouds gathering fast
\nCaptain’s looking to the sky
\nSomething’s coming by and by<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nThe barometer is falling
\nAnd the pressure’s running low
\nAs each wave is getting taller
\nNowhere left to go<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nYou heard what the captain said:
\n(Rough seas ahead!)
\nOh, can’t you see
\n(The scenes reality)<\/p>\n
Can’t we stave…
\n(Another tidal wave?)<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nMoisture fills the air
\nHer anger feeds the storm
\nThere’s energy everywhere
\nThey call it our new norm<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nRough seas ahead!
\n(Rough seas ahead!)
\nHold on tight
\n(It’s gonna be a night!)<\/p>\n
Rough seas ahead!
\n(Do you hear that dread?)
\nThe forecast isn’t fiction
\n(It’s the physics up ahead!)<\/p>\n
[Bridge]
\nCan we stave it off?
\n(Can we change the course?)
\nCan we slow the rise?
\n(Can we use the force?)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nYou heard what the captain said:
\n(Rough seas ahead!)
\nOh, can’t you see
\n(The scenes reality)<\/p>\n
Can’t we stave…
\n(Another tidal wave?)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]
\n[Pounding piano and Hammond organ]
\n[Drums build like approaching waves]
\n[Wind and thunder effects]<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nRough seas ahead!
\n(Rough seas ahead!)
\nCan you see?
\n(The reality!)<\/p>\n
[Refrain]
\nYou heard what the captain said:
\n(Rough seas ahead!)
\nOh, can’t you see
\n(The scenes reality)<\/p>\n
Can’t we stave…
\n(Another tidal wave?)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nKeep your eyes upon the horizon
\nKeep your hands upon the wheel
\nThe storm is not nearly done
\nThe feel is for real<\/p>\n
Rough seas…
\n(Rough seas…)
\nAhead!
\n(Davey Jones’s bed)<\/p>\n
[Thunder crash]<\/p>\n