Red Octopus
You Are Correct
Playful Attraction · Late-Night Confessions · Whimsical Romance
#VERSE
You spilled the wine at closing time
Your white dress now stained red
You slurred, “I’m way past woozy”
Confessions slithered from your head
#VERSE
We hit the all-night diner
You spilled stories from beneath the sheets
I didn’t need those details
But you were funny as when they pulled your wisdom teeth
#VERSE
Never seen you so excited
Telling sexy secrets you knew
Hands flailing like a symphony conductor
Bouncing in the booth like a kangaroo
#PRE-CHORUS
That’s when it struck me
Hands like tentacles swishing emphatically
A nickname of Red Octopus
Would fit my best friend perfectly
#CHORUS
Red Octopus
Jewel of the sea
Spill that ink
Let thoughts wander free
Shimmering light
Everywhere that I look
It’s fun to swim around you
Red Octopus
Love being around you
Red Octopus
#VERSE
You bragged that your past lovers
All raved about your sexy hands
I’m a platonic friend, don’t need to be tempted
By a swim in your reef where desire expands
#VERSE
You say you like having a “normal friend” like me
Hey, I never thought of us as anything more
But now your sexy thoughts carry me out to sea
You say, “I wonder what we’d be like on the ocean floor”
#PRE-CHORUS
That’s when it struck me
Your words bouncing like a raft over the waves
That a silent Sea Horse and a Red Octopus
Might be the kind of lovers that each other craves
#CHORUS
Red Octopus
Jewel of the sea
Spill that ink
Let your thoughts wander free
’Cause I’m letting my thoughts wander
In the oceans of your every look
It’s fun to swim around you
Red Octopus
Love being around you
Red Octopus
#BRIDGE
Took you back to my apartment
Your flow of words soon tapered off
I tucked you under my grandma’s quilt
Watched you breathing, slow and soft
Had my thoughts, however fleeting
But that’s not something I would do
Had too much love for our friendship
If it was gonna happen, it would be on you
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
Two weeks later, here we are
Went to dinner, drank iced tea
I asked you straight up for your thoughts
You gestured with those swishing hands toward me
#VERSE
Your words spilled across the table
Off the edge, onto my lap
You said, “Let’s explore love’s ocean
And I won’t need a map”
#PRE-CHORUS
After that my mind was racing
Can’t recall exactly what you said
Something ’bout a seahorse and octopus
And how much fun we’d have in bed
#CHORUS
Red Octopus
Goddess of the reef
Spill your love
All over me
I’m swimming in the tide
Of your passionate looks
It’s fun to swim around you
Red Octopus
#CHORUS
Red Octopus
Jewel of the sea
Spill your love
All over me
Why did we never realize
Our match was made in story books
The prince was a Sea Horse
And the princess...
Red Octopus
#OUTRO
The prince was a Sea Horse
And the princess...
Red Octopus
Shimmering love
Everywhere that I look
It’s fun to swim around you
Red Octopus
Love being around you
Red Octopus
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