Burn The Boats

This ship will never burn

You said the sea between us

Ain’t flammable

But that’s the point of no return

I said the heart beats

Untameable

Then your 600 conquistadors

That 16th Andalusian horse

Every pass through the past that means

Every pass through the past

These bottomless Coronas

And Cortés margaritas

The boss and his killer bees

Will be the death of me

Burn the boats

Raise the siege

The sun and the sea

Set me free

Burn the boats

Raise the siege

The sun and the sea

Make me believe

I sang for you in Spanish

Stole words from your trenches

Loved you infinitely

Cross my heart I promise

If you must play with matches

I swear, I swear, you’ll never leave

Then your 16th century holy wars

And 19 other paramours

And all that’s lost in the loss that means

All that’s lost in the loss

These blue agave treasures

And final desperate measures

Calaveras and Joshua trees

Will be the end of me

Burn the boats

Raise the siege

The sun and the sea

Set me free

Burn the boats

Raise the siege

The sun and the sea

Make me believe

I cannot be the interpreter

Of the chemical fire that you were

Every pass through the past that means

Every pass through the past

93 cold Coronas

And these deadly countermeasures

The calacas and tequila bees

Will make a ghost of me

Burn the boats

Raise the siege

The sun and the sea

I still believe

Burn the boats

Raise the siege

The sun and the sea

Finally free