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 that couldn't find heaven

I didn't know how bad I was broken

I was castaway with no land

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 a sudden thanks to you

My favorite color is blue

I never saw you coming

Sweet salvation in and I never knew.

I was a boat trapped in a bottle

Dying for water

You were the ocean

I was a compass that couldn't find heaven

I didn't know how bad I was broken

I was castaway with no land

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 winter

I was a ferris wheel with the light burnt out

'til 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 that couldn't find heaven

I didn't know how bad I was broken

I was castaway with no land

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, that washed it all away.