WOW. ****ing love how extraordinarily dark this is both musically and lyric-wise! A few possible corrections based of how close I can get until I hear him do it somewhere else again. A couple places I've given more than one interpretation since they are murky enough spots to still be unsure :
Jolt the boat.
Lee-wanting. *
No excuse.
I caught the early warning
That I didn’t listen to.
And gold(en or and) nail in my hand
I crucify the better man
Then I don't know why
I live on borrowed fuel.
The anchor
Needs the boat.
Filled with holy water
Nothing stays afloat.
But in your
Heavens above
With you (singing or sending)
Notes full of love.
And I
Almost want you.
Basically, it's about a guilt-ridden man who is drowning (likely on purpose) and refuses any help from God or others who loved him because he isn't convinced he deserves either absolution nor saving.
* "Lee" is the sailing term for being near a shore. So "wanting lee" would mean your ship had sailed away from land and you were now stranded far away from it.
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