Sailboat Lyrics – Cavetown (feat. chloe moriondo)

Cavetown is mapping out a sharper edge with Running With Scissors, his most unguarded album to date, hitting shelves January 16, 2026, and Sailboat alongside chloe moriondo catches you in that soft sway before the current pulls you under.

This collab, out since early January as the album’s final pre-release single, is Cavetown at his most tender: breathy vocals layering over underscores’ glitchy, chiptune-kissed production that bubbles with hyperpop fizz and acoustic warmth. It’s alt-pop with a DIY heart—think gentle strums giving way to electronic swells, chloe’s raw ache trading lines with Robin Skinner’s whispery confessions.

Thematically, it’s all about that electric hesitation: the fear of etching someone into your skin, the pull to be each other’s safe harbor amid self-doubt and family shadows. Lines like “Honey, you’re the one that I want, and I never wanna hurt you” loop like a promise you’re scared to keep, while the sailboat metaphor drifts through commitment’s choppy waters—produced in Skinner’s home setup, it nods to his evolution from bedroom folk to these polished, collab-driven gems that feel like late-night texts.

The album as a whole is Cavetown’s take on running toward the chaos, a 13-track run that uses the title as a stand-in for life’s calculated gambles, like trusting yourself not to get cut. It kicks off with Skip’s upbeat nudge, rolls through Cryptid’s quirky introspection and Rainbow Gal’s glitchy pop, then hits heavier notes in Reaper and Straight Through My Head (DO IT!!!). Baby Spoon and NPC keep things tender, Tarmac wrestles with overthinking, No Bark No Bite adds bite, Micah reflects on quiet bonds, First Time snaps with fresh energy, and the closer ties it back to that reckless forward motion. It’s a snapshot of growth, pulling in hyperpop sparks and grungy edges to mirror big shifts like new family ties and self-doubt.

Robin Skinner’s been on this quiet ascent since his bedroom folk days, but Running With Scissors shows him stretching further, folding in louder sounds and deeper cuts about identity and connection after welcoming a sibling and leaning harder into partnership. It’s like he’s trading cozy confessions for ones that challenge you to move.

Dive into the Sailboat lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Running With Scissors tracks for more of Cavetown’s introspective risks.