"A Boat on the Sea" was first demoed in early 2012[1] and was in consideration for Ecce Homo, an early draft of the concept album that would eventually become Weezer's ninth album, Everything Will Be Alright in the End. The song is sung from the point of view of the character Sebastian. The lyrics refer to "Truth and Beauty" and a Grecian urn, which may be an allusion to the 1819 poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats.
Lyrics
My name’s Sebastian, I killed the captain
Just a guy that likes to keep the ghetto blastin’
In 1690 I blew up Weimar
Dedicating everything I did to Beauty
But Truth and Beauty are not the same thing
That Grecian Urn filled up with camel dung
I got a sharp tongue; better warn the Pope
All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea
With the wind ever blowing my sail
All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea
With the wind ever blowing my sail
Blowing my sail
I’m like a Buddhist tryna do this
And you can hook me up with God because you’re Jewish
The Pharisees are tryna thwart me
I need a Mary Magdalene to escort me
Such a bummer the Last Supper
Is right around the corner from this place
Get your pants on, botox your face
All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea
With the wind ever blowing my sail
All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea
With the wind ever blowing my sail
Blowing my sail
I'll never know
If I'm worth a damn
Or just a ham
But when I trust a feeling
Music comes to me
And I feel free
And that's all I needed to know
All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea
With the wind ever blowing my sail
All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea
With the wind ever blowing my sail
All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea
With the wind ever blowing my sail
Blowing my sail
Blowing my sail
