Other-waters

Maybe a dream awaits me upon some distant shore
But a dream not shared with you
Is not worth searching for
I might as well jump overboard
Than to journey the sun, lord
'Cause without you in my boat
I'm already sunk

This captain sure seems to have a thing for his first mate. Other than single-handed sailors everybody needs a first mate. No use in sailing otherwise indeed.

Wooden ships on the water very free and easy
Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be
Silver people on the shoreline let us be
Talkin' very free and easy

Captain Nemo said, “Okay”
Five, four, three, two, one
Then I raised my hand and waved
Captain Nemo went away

Captain Nemo was the fictional character from Jules Verne “20,000 Leagues Under The Sea”. At the time, this book could be called science-fiction since no man could yet build a submarine.

The continent of Atlantis was an island
which lay before the great flood
in the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean.

Atlantis was a city and island that by the wrath of the Gods was sunk into the sea. First records of Atlantis appear in Plato's dialogues and at that time all of the known oceans were considered as one ocean (not seven seas then). That one ocean was of course what we now call the Atlantic ocean. Scientifically there has never been any proof that it did exist. On the other hand, it was also never proven that it did not exist. Either way, supposing it did exist at one time, the location is still disputed and there are many different theories as to its actual location.