I tried learning how to tie a sailor's knot.
A knot that looks simple, and is.
But in my rush to learn it, it slipped my mind.

In my desperate attempts to tie these strings together, I failed.
So I tied a square knot.
I was foolish, really.

I wanted to learn a sailor's knot, a Carrick Bend.
Because it was easier to untie,
compared to a square knot.

And when it was time,
when it was needed to let go, I couldn't.
I fell in with it, fell in with the ship.

If I only I didn't rush,
rush learning it,
maybe I could've gotten out alive.