I took my boat out to sea,
I was alone, I told no one where I'd gone
I took my small boat to the ocean,
Under the sun, above and so below,
Burning, blistering heartache
Diamonds danced upon the water
I reached out a pale hand.
Drowned and long dead,
It wrapped itself around me
It sank into depths
Down passed a hundred thousand albatross
Under my boat in the ocean,
I was alone,
I told no one where I'd gone.
Under the sun, above and so below,
Burning, blistering heartache
Albatross!
I was alone, I told no one where I'd gone
I took my small boat to the ocean,
Under the sun, above and so below,
Burning, blistering heartache
Diamonds danced upon the water
I reached out a pale hand.
Drowned and long dead,
It wrapped itself around me
It sank into depths
Down passed a hundred thousand albatross
Under my boat in the ocean,
I was alone,
I told no one where I'd gone.
Under the sun, above and so below,
Burning, blistering heartache
Albatross!