We were talking on a boardwalk We were lit up when the lights came down So we drifted toward the music And you kissed me as the sound Of my favorite band was playing But I couldn't hear them 'cause my heart Was beating loud and out of rhythm As you drowned out all the dark I was a boat trapped in a bottle Dying for water, you were the ocean I was a compass, I couldn't find heaven I didn't know how, but I was broken I was a castaway with no end I drew a broken heart in the sand And you were the wave, the wave, the wave That washed it all, that washed it all away We talked for a couple of hours We got salt all over our jeans And we laughed about forever What the hell did that really mean? And all of sudden, thanks to you My favorite color's blue I never saw you coming A sweet salvation and I never knew I was a boat trapped in a bottle Dying for water, you were the ocean I was a compass, I couldn't find heaven I didn't know how, but I was broken I was a castaway with no end I drew a broken heart in the sand And you were the wave, the wave, the wave That washed it all, that washed it all away I was a town closed for good I was a Ferris wheel with the lights burned out 'Till you came along When you came along I was a boat trapped in a bottle Dying for water, you were the ocean I was a compass, I couldn't find heaven I didn't know how, but I was broken I was a castaway with no end I drew a broken heart in the sand And you were the wave, the wave, the wave That washed it all, that washed it all away Yeah, you washed it all away You were the wave, the wave, the wave Yeah, you washed it all away