Sunday Jan 25, 2026
158 - Tank on My Back and Gone
Verse 1
Small-town clock yelling “five o’clock”
Boss man talking like I’m still on the clock
Pocket full of plans, head full of blue
Got one last thing I gotta do
Keys hit the dash, radio hum
That old song saying “son, you won”
Everybody chasing something they can’t see
I’m chasing down the sea
Chorus
So I got a tank on my back and I’m gone
Left my worries where they don’t belong
If you need me, I’ll be way down low
Where the pressure don’t talk and the good times flow
Yeah a tank on my back and I’m gone
Sun going down, fins coming on
If the world wants answers, it can wait till dawn
I got a tank on my back and I’m gone
Verse 2
Dockside laugh and a salty grin
Old dive boat rocking like it knows my sins
Someone says “man, don’t go too deep”
I say “that’s between me and me”
Bills on the table, phone blowing up
But the ocean don’t care about any of that stuff
I ain’t running, just moving along
Where the right feels strong
Chorus
Yeah I got a tank on my back and I’m gone
Traded deadlines for a wetsuit on
If you’re looking for me, I won’t be long
Just hanging with the quiet where I belong
Yeah a tank on my back and I’m gone
Breathing slow to a reef-side song
Life feels lighter when you let it run
With a tank on your back and the tide for a gun
Bridge
Some folks chase gold, some chase fame
Some chase circles doing the same old thing
Me, I chase that blue horizon line
Disappear for a little time
Final Chorus (Bigger, Laid-Back Swagger)
I got a tank on my back and I’m gone
Left my shadow where the light gets wrong
If loving the deep is a crime, I’m done
Lock me up with the setting sun
Yeah a tank on my back and I’m gone
Every dive like a freedom song
When the surface calls, I’ll come back strong
Till then—
Tank on my back and I’m gone
Outro
Might come back with a sunburned smile
Salt in my hair, gone a while
If you ask me where I’ve been
I’ll just say—
“I was breathing again.”
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