Understand one thing If and when you drink From this vast ocean You can't control it Na, na, na you can't control it Mom forget to tuck you in Make you begin a war within your head One that you could never win Send in the troops, send insecurities What doesn't matter in the end So daddy told you understand one thing, son Understand one thing If and when you drink From this vast ocean You can't control it Na, na, na, you can't control it With the procession underway Understand the magnitude of the melodies that they make Did it fill your lungs with rage? What's the matter, did catastrophe get your tongue tied in the fray? When the band began to play Daddy wiped the tears away, he said son Understand one thing If and when you drink from this vast ocean You can't control it Na, na, na you can't control it Na, na, na you can't control it Na, na, na you can't control it