I met a man from the North Shore His hair was black as the sand He was the first of his kind His soul he tried to find And he held the whole ocean in his hand I knew a girl from California She rode on the back of the giants Addicted to this thrill She was a maverick of the swell And she tamed over twenty liquid lions I thought it was only a legend Coming down the face Heading straight for the fall I swear they're more than human And the big wave madness has got them all I had a friend from Todos Santos He charged into every crashing break His skin was cracked and tan He told me tales of the land Like how the spirits of the South Command the waves So I took a boat out to Cortes There we saw the ones who walk on glass They conquered this frontier And overcame their shark like fear I know they won't be the last I thought it was only a legend Coming down the face Heading straight for the fall I swear they're more than human And the big wave madness has got them all I thought it was only a legend Coming down the face Heading straight for the fall I swear they're more than human And the big wave madness has got them all I thought it was only a legend Coming down the face Heading straight for the fall I swear they're more than human And the big wave madness has got them all.