I spent my money on a piece of lead   To build a castle on a patch of sand   I know it's a bad foundation   You can't wait, for my humiliation      You told me so, so many times now   And if it happens I could cry my eyes out   It's no better to be just like him   If something happens then we'll both need to swim      But one wave, one wave, one wave   Could.. wash it away yeah   Wash it away, yeah      The sun is green   The sky is red   For it might as well be outside your head   I stand in contradiction   To the truth in your subscription      I know that what might be might not   And bein' holy might just be drylock   And even though you're built on a big rock   That's not a nail in the house that you got      But one wave, one wave, one wave   One wave, one wave, one wave   One wave, could wash it away, yeah      You keep on lyin' to yourself   But your just as scared as everyone else   Not to say that I'm not scared too   But you're the one who's tellin' me what I should do      Just pretend that there's a God above you   And you can turn him into someone who loves you   And if you keep him just beyond you   You've gotta pay for people to hold on to      But one wave, one wave, one wave   Could wash it away, yeah   One wave, one wave, one wave   Could wash it away, yeah