Burn the Boats

This ship will never burn You said the sea between us Ain't flammable But that's the point of no return I said the heart beats Untameable Then your 600 conquistadors That 16 th Andalusian horse Every pass through the past that means Every pass through the past These bottomless Coronas And Cortés margaritas The boss and his killer bees Will be the death of me Burn the boats Raise the siege The sun and the sea Set me free Burn the boats Raise the siege The sun and the sea Make me believe I sang for you in Spanish Stole words from your trenches Loved you infinitely Cross my heart I promise If you must play with matches I swear, I swear you'll never leave Then your 16 th century holy wars And 19 other paramours And all that's lost in the loss that means All that's lost in the loss These blue agave treasures And final desperate measures Calaveras and Joshua trees Will be the end of me Burn the boats Raise the siege The sun and the sea Set me free Burn the boats Raise the siege The sun and the sea Make me believe I cannot be the interpreter Of the chemical fire that you were Every pass through the past that means Every pass through the past 93 cold Coronas These deadly countermeasures The calacas and tequila bees Will make a ghost of me Burn the boats Raise the siege The sun and the sea I still believe Burn the boats Raise the siege The sun and the sea Finally free