When you're down in the water
and you try to come up too fast
and suddenly, oh, you're not feeling right.
You close your eyes and wonder
if you'll make it to fresh air
Or if you'll even make it through the night.

Then you call out God's name,
and you wonder where He is
You want Him to hurry,
And make you feel better again.
You feel like you took a hard fall,
You surfaced too fast, that's all
And it's not gonna kill you, no, no, no,
You've got the bends.

If the sky above you
should start swirling round and round,
and that ocean current
seems out of control,
Keep your head together,
and for goodness sake, slow down.
Take your time so your body can adjust.

You just don't be in a rush,
and when you get to the boat,
You'll go running to the decompression chamber again!
Winter, spring, summer and fall
It's you're best friend of all,
and you'll be there again soon, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey, ain't it torture
when you've got the bends?

The water can be so cold.
And the pressure can hurt you.
The sharks will take your life if you let them.
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.

Yeah, you call out God's name,
and you wonder where He is
You want Him to hurry,
And make you feel better again.
You feel like you took a hard fall,
You surfaced too fast, that's all
And it's not gonna kill you, no, no, no,
You've got the bends.

You've got the bends.
Ain't it torture when you've got the bends.
Ain't it torture when you've got the bends.
You've got the bends.