Walt Grace, desperately hating this whole place
Dreamed to discover a new space and buried himself alive
Inside his basement
Tongue on the side of his face meant
He's working away on displacement
And what it would take to survive
Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you
And his wife told his kids he was crazy
And his friends said he'd fail if he tried
But with the will to work hard and a library card
He took a homemade, fan blade, one-man submarine ride
That morning the sea was mad and I mean it
Waves as big as he'd seen it deep in his dreams at home
From dry land, he rolled it over to wet sand
Closed the hatch up with one hand
And pedaled off alone
Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you
And for once in his life, it was quiet
As he learned how to turn in the tide
And the sky was aflare when he came up for air
In his homemade, fan blade, one-man submarine ride
One evening, when weeks had passed since his leaving
The call she planned on receiving finally made it home
She accepted the news she never expected
The operator connected the call from Tokyo
Cause when you're done with this world
You know the next is up to you
Now his friends bring him up when they're drinking
At the bar with his name on the side
And they smile when they kid, as they speak of the man
Who took a homemade, fan blade, one-man submarine ride
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Submerged- | Reviewer: Christy W. | 7/29/12
Once again, John Mayer engages sense and sensibilities with just enough ambiguity to allow a listener the space and a reason to fathom. This is so rich in subtex, the music becomes the tide and I submerged into it.
Walt Grace.....Every Mans Escape | Reviewer: Salmo Guetterman | 7/14/12
While understanding this is a fictional character, I think it strikes a chord with men in general on the same lines of secretly wanting to ditch the BS that life can sometimes become for men and just check out. Rather than quit your job, divorce your wife, or commit suicide, you can consume yourself with a happy place in your heart and head that gives you validatiy. In John’s case it was building a submarine that all will doubt.
You set sail and if the outcome ends successfully or tragically, you still set sail. It's called DREAMING
Album Born & Raised | Reviewer: Lee FEDORNAK | 6/8/12
There were a number of songs that hooked me on this album...Walter Grace was one of them. I am a big Mayer fan, but it took me listening to this album 3 times to really get emersed into the lyrics and change of style. I really applaud Mayer for continually evolving in his music. All too often it is way too easy to play it safe with formula music from past successes..lMayer refuses such temptations...I immediately felt the influence of blended styles from Neil Young on Born and Raised to several others...I am not suggesting a copying approach, but a respect in blending styles of past pioneers...Cudos for venturing out and breaking yourself and re-inventing your musical direction John...
I Have Become Obsessed With This Song... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 5/27/12
Call me "song" OCD. It seems that every CD/Album I've purchased always has that one song that enables me to keep pressing "repeat". Walt Grace IS that song from Mayer's Born and Raised. While I love this entire CD, "Walt Grace" is the song that does it for me. I was hooked from that kind of ethereal/jazz fusion introduction making the segueway into that rat-a-tat cadence of the drums throughout the song. The melody is catchy, but the lyrics tell a story. How many songs these days actually tell a story and John Mayer is a great storyteller with this one. Walt Grace is just fed up and saddened with his life....he builds a submarine and goes off, much to the dismay of his family and friends on a quest. The thing is--the ending of the song is so enigmatic. Kind of like Ray Davis Lola--is lola a he or a she? Did Walt Grace fail or succeed? You don't know? Perhaps he did -- the "unexpected" call to his wife from Tokyo says it all. Was she "expecting" him to fail? Did she secretly "expect" him to succeed? It's a great, great song..Personally, I think a movie should be made based on the song. Think about it. James Spader as Walt Grace. An engineer who lost his job. He gets depressed and needs to build something......Thank you John Mayer--you never fail to please!
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