Put your head on my shoulder baby
Things can't get any worse
Night is getting colder
Sometimes life feels like it's a curse
I can't carry these sins on my back
Don't wanna carry any more
I'm gonna carry this train off the track
I'm gonna swim to the ocean floor
Mmmmm
Crash to the other shore
Mmmmm
Swim to the ocean floor
Children killing children
While the students rape their teachers
Comets fly across the sky
While the churches burn their preachers
We can't carry these sins on our back
Don't wanna carry any more
We're gonna carry this train off the track
We're gonna swim to the ocean floor
Let the water wash over you
Wash it all over you
Swim to the ocean floor
So that we can begin again
Wash away all our sins
Crash to the other shore
Mmmmmm
Crash to the other shore
Swim to the ocean floor
You keep telling me I'm beautiful
But I feel a little less so each time
Your love is so colorful
It flashes like a neon sign
But I finally drove out where
The sky is dark enough to see stars
And I found I missed no one
Just listening to the swishing of distant cars
I hope I never see
The ocean again
Pushing and pulling at me
As I go deeper and deeper in
Til I'm so far from my shore
So far from what I came here for
I let you surround me
I let you drown me
Out with your din
And then I learned how to swim
I was floating above myself
Watching her do just what you wanted
Poor little friendly ghost
Wondering why her whole house feels haunted
I told myself I was strong enuf
That I had plenty of blood to give
And each elbow cradled a needle
But listless and faint ain't no way to live
So I hope I never see
The ocean again
Pushing and pulling at me
As I go deeper and deeper in
Til I'm so far from my shore
So far from what I came here for
I let you surround me
I let you drown me
Out with your din
And then I learned how to swim
You keep telling me I'm beautiful
But I feel a little less so each time
Your love is so colorful
It flashes like a neon sign
But I finally drove out where
The sky is dark enough to see stars
And I found I missed no one
I was three when my old man left in the wind,
pushed me in the ocean, turned around and said "Swim".
That's what I did, even though I was scared,
I kept kickin', 'cause a person only floats when he's dead.
If I had one wish, it wouldn't be wealth,
It would be that if we could just love ourselves.
'Cause every day it's like we kill a million dreams,
and it seems everybody on different teams.
I don't mean to get deep, I'm just speakin' the truth,
we in a two-bed traila with a leak in the roof.
I ate potatoes every way you could ever make 'em,
when you're hungry, gotta use your imagination.
My mom did her best, she would hug and kiss me,
even though we had more fuckin' mice than Disney.
I still had some polos and plenty new draws,
while she was livin' life with the same two bras.
The lighting strikes like Garth say, "Thunder rolls",
life is cold, like an eskimo in summer clothes.
I suffa softly, but never let nothing stop me,
and I miss my little girl like somebody shot me.
Chorus
They walk on me until I die take me to die so now they'll come
around
I was three when my old man left in the wind,
pushed me in the ocean, turned around and said "Swim".
That's what I did, even though I was scared,
I kept kickin', 'cause a person only floats when he's dead.
I be prison made cross, fuck diamonds and jewels,
still flya then Jordan when he was runnin' with Bulls.
So many shots had missed, so many cops was pissed,
so many songs I have written in the past on this.
It's a lot of impostas tryna tell you the same,
But how the fuck can I explain, no one knows my pain.
From the cord on my navel, I was G from the cradle,
I don't snort, 'cause they say that bitch 'Caine killed Abel.
I'm not sure you understand it, but I must express it,
Santa Claus is on heroine, there ain't no presents.
And Mom, all this shit makes my eyes so watery,
now I understand why you tried to win the lottery.
We gon' make it I promise, don't let the memories haunt us,
I remember we was at the bus stop in pajamas.
Tryna run from a home that brought so many tears,
bad luck like we musta broke a thousand mirrors.
Chorus
They walk on me until I die take me to die so now they'll come
around
I was three when my old man left in the wind,
pushed me in the ocean, turned around and said "Swim".
That's what I did, even though I was scared,
I kept kickin', 'cause a person only floats when he's dead.
They walk on me until I die take me to die so now they'll come
around
I was three when my old man left in the wind,
pushed me in the ocean, turned around and said "Swim".
That's what I did, even though I was scared,
Seems like every time you reap
I am nowhere to be seen
But I know you'll be around tomorrow
I had wanted you to stand clear
Until I walk into thin air
And if you fell I would not care
Let me say goodbye to her
Cause I think if I'd be found
What I wanted you to see
Seems like every time you write
You just get the pen on fire
But I know you'll be around tomorrow
I had tried to make you see
As we build a brand new planet
Lets reconstruct and get it straight
Unlock forgotten skills
Travel to a new dimension
Souls from the dark seduction
We are the new invention
We're the settlers of year zero
Let's reconstruct and take it back
Leaders of our time
Heading for a downfall
The threshold of revolution
The last freedom call
Blanked out fire etched on the display
The seas are deep, you better swim
Don't go numb
Collect the word, add some gold and give it back
The seas are deep, you better swim
Don't go numb
From a thousand branches
Spreading the new voice
As we're heading for the throne
Connect, evolution will begin
Leaders of our time
Heading for a downfall
The threshold of revolution
The last freedom call
Blanked out fire etched on the display
The seas are deep, you better swim
Don't go numb
Collect the word, add some gold and give it back
The seas are deep, you better swim
travel all around the world i even
my headin treasure nothing can measure
mama so precious when you're here with me
you make me feel special like a first place gold metal
the winner of my heart
when i looked up in the morning first i think about
you have everything i can do without
oh i wanna see i wanna sing it loud
everything is changed 'cause i'm with you now
for no aparent reason all i do is smile
i don't have a trouble for singing now
i love you
pre chorus:
nothing at all, my heart is yours
and i will be with you wherever you go
travel all around the world
chorus:
i'll swim swim swim swim swim swim
swim swim to you baby
swim swim swim swim swim swim to your love
swim swim swim swim swim swim to me baby
swim swim swim swim swim swim to my love
you understand me and i understand you
you got to pull up and that's why i'm with you
this morning physical deeper than baking up
for sitting up my heart
and i know that i'm not crazy to feel the way i feel
i know you feel the same way so i'm gonna keep it real
one day i'll have a baby, a big house on the hill
whatever you want on me whatever you want i'll be so to me
pre chorus:
nothing at all, my heart is yours
and i will be with you wherever you go
i run a million miles to you
travel all around the world
chorus:
i'll swim swim swim swim swim swim
swim swim to you baby
swim swim swim swim swim swim to your love
swim swim swim swim swim swim to me baby
swim swim swim swim swim swim to my love
i'm in love, i try to play it cool
but i can't control myself
there you go, there you go
i love you boy that's my boy
don't care is nothing i won't do for you
'cause don't left me far
i'll get to your heart oh baby i love you
that's my baby
i want you, i love my baby
ah that's my baby i love ya
oh oh baby
[pre chorus:]
nothing at all, my heart is yours
and i will be with you wherever you go
i run a million miles to you
travel all around the world
[chorus:]
i'll swim swim swim swim swim swim
swim swim to you baby
swim swim swim swim swim swim to your love
swim swim swim swim swim swim to me baby
Kill, kill or be killed for
Expected life to be so safe
Caught, caught in a mantrap
Another part of me has changed
Maybe I could swim
Can't help myself
It's funny but it seems
I lose myself
I'm lost inside a dream
I hate myself
The more that I believe
Can't find my way
Fill, filled with emotion
Sailing off the edge again
Drown, drown all devotion
Riding on a drift to hell
Maybe I could swim
Can't help myself
It's funny but it seems
I lose myself
I'm lost inside a dream
I hate myself
The more that I believe
Can't find my way
could not believe
came here today
helmet was on
you blew me away
house is on fire
we're naked again
maybe all we need
is water and friends
shackles and chains
won't keep me away
temple is you
and my brow is insane
I wanna be just like you
I wanna feel right through you
I wanna see just with you
I wanna live
I wanna die you
thinning ice
14 hairdryers
swimming to you
flame on earth desire
poor on the rise
rich on the fall
this cripple's with you
fame is a whore
I wanna fit inside you
I wanna room inside you
if money talks I wanna buy you
I wanna die
I wanna die
I wanna live you
I'm not scared of you
gave up on drugs
if I make it through
the jaws of love
jaws of love
I can't see the me, that everyone can see,
They see the me that I will never be.
I'm not so strong, or willing to be weak,
I feel misplaced, and sometimes obsolete.
I can't swim,
But I won't drown,
Won't drown, won't drown,Drown.
Well I'm standing in the pouring rain,
But I am dry, and without shame.
Oh I've soaked in something never found.
Well I guess I still could drown.
I don't like the mirror, that they put in my room.
I stand and stare, but all I see is you.
In silent space, I hear what they won't speak.
I give so much, that he may never see.
I can't swim,
But I won't drown,
Won't drown, won't drown,
Drown.
Well I'm standing in the pouring rain,
But I am dry, and without shame.
Oh I've soaked in something never found.
Sometimes I find myself
stuck in the middle with
nowhere to turn
So I pull it in
and tell myself it all works out
But then again
no one helps when
things go wrong
So I saved myself
saved myself learned
how to Swim
Sometimes you find yourself
stuck in the crowd with
nowhere to turn
So you go against
What everybody feels
But feelings burn
Then you'll see
That no one person
Rules the world
You tell yourself
That everybody learns
how to Swim
With it don't fight the tide
Don't fight the tide
Just swim with it, but first...
You put your feet on the ground
I can't pick you up every time
You're falling down
No I'm not your mother or
Your father
You put your feet on the ground
I can't pick you up every time you're falling down
No I can't go any further
But I know
It's hard
to do the right thing
in the right place
when you want to do
something else in
their face
Do what I do don't turn the back and
walk away no
do what I do and learn
how to Swim
With it don't fight the tide
Don't fight the tide
Just swim with it, but first...
You put youre feet on the ground
I can't pick you up every time
You're falling down
No I'm not your mother or
Your father
You put your feet on the ground
I can't pick you up every time
You're falling down
No I can't go any further
No, no...
Just learn how to Swim
With it don't fight the tide,
don't fight the tide
just swim with it, but first...
You put your feet on the ground
I can't pick you up every time
You're falling down
No, Im not your mother or
Your father
You put your feet on the ground
I can't pick you up every time
You're falling down
No I can't go any further
Put your feet on the ground
Won't you put your feet
on the ground,
no I can't pick you up
Every time you're falling down
Put your feet on the ground
And learn how to Swim
With it, don't fight the tide
Don't fight the tide
Just swim......
(J. Bigham)
Coming up from the sound
It's got you swimming around
Metal's crushing your bones
As you hit the ground
No blood no foul
Back into the pool
No diving from here
Fuck that rule
I like to swim
Into the mosh
Up the side and straight down the middle
Jam with Link and Walt just a little
Then I'm back in the mix
Brain Dead Goliath trying to grab my leg
I break that tackle like Bo
Then I head for the heads
I like to swim
This frame of mind, young hollow man
Said all I've got to say
Done all I can, won't even try
Won't even show
Don't tell me things, I don't want to know
Swim through me
Make me more than whole
Come see what I mean
Make me feel secure
And in these days between when I fall apart
I'd run away but you know I'm not that smart
These strange ideas, I'll see them through
They've been a part of me
And I know that they're a part of you
And swim through me
Make me more than whole
Come see what I mean
Make me feel secure
Swim through me
Make me more than whole
Come see what I mean
Make me feel secure
Swim through me
Make me more than whole
Come see what I mean
Make me feel secure
Swim through me
Make me more than whole
Come see what I mean
You've gotta swim, swim for your life
Swim for the music that saves you
When you're not so sure you'll survive
You gotta swim and swim when it hurts
The whole world is watching
You haven't come this far to fall off the earth
The currents will pull you away from your love
Just keep your head above
I found a tidal wave begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets, they fired at me from a gun
Crack in the armor, yeah
I swim for brighter days despite the absence of sun
Choking on salt water
I'm not giving in, I swim
You gotta swim for nights that won't end
Swim for your family as your lovers, your sisters
And brothers, and friends
Yeah, you gotta swim through wars without cause
Swim for the lost politicians
Who don't see their greed as a flaw
The currents will pull us away from our love
Just keep your head above
I found a tidal wave begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets, they fired at me from a gun
A crack in the armor, yeah
I swim for brighter days despite of the absence of sun
Choking on salt water
I'm not giving in, well, I'm not giving in, I swim
You gotta swim, swim in the dark
There's no shame in drifting
Feel the tide shifting and wait for the spark
Yeah, you gotta swim, don't let yourself sink
Just find the horizon
I promise you, it's not as far as you think
The currents will drag us away from our love
Just keep your head above
Just keep your head above, swim
Just keep your head above, swim, swim
Just keep your head above, swim
Swim against the tide that's dragging you down
Our frustration is the rip of our existence
Don't drag me down, you will never feel this
There is no room in this world for you
Bending backwards, break from their tainted grip
Be careful when you walk along
The edge of the water
Be careful you don't slip
And lose yourself
'cause I don't think you can swim
I know that you can't swim
You're drowning from within
Be careful you're not
Listening too much
Be careful not to try
And see what you can't touch
'cause I don't think you can dream
Of things as they shoud be
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown (drown)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown
He wanna swim
Straight out of the ocean I was raised in the water
Find my way to swim shore to the boy with two legs me I'm a mermaid
Different lifestyles and?
He wanna swim
And I don't mind that
But I don't know if can keep up with where I'm at
I'm surrounded by sharks and they all bite
And quick to attack if they sense what they don't like like
He can't swim with me
Cause if I walk with him
He gon' still my speed so I can't talk to him
But if he keep up and fight through the waves
Fight through the pressure and the gust of your days
Test water with toes and dive in brave
You better follow your nose cause I'm so hey hey
Hard to catch up with so he can't fit
Threw his life jacket on and still can't catch this
Girl
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown (drown)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown
He wanna swim
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown (drown)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown
He wanna swim
In the part of the water that drip drip drip from a piece that boarder
Nates on my wardrobe
Hate with my wardrobe
Don't match with my boy oh
He wanna swim
With with I
Come and doggy paddle with a girl so fly
Talkin' a boy he ain't never seen a girl like my my ha ha ha
He wanna swim
I know that game
You better off keepin' it real for a change
Makin' things more than I knew they was
And he doin' that just because
He wanna swim
From the pond to the pool to the river to the ocean
Boy I see you
Enter my world you'll see how we do
No stat work work premiere to
Preview ooo
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown (drown)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown
He wanna swim
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown (drown)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown
He wanna swim
I know you want to swim boy I know you want to
I know you want to swim boy I know you want to
He wanna swim
I know you want to swim boy I know you want to
I know you want to swim boy I know you want to
He wanna swim
Hey you can swim with me break it down do the swim with me oh
It's like that
You can swim with me break it down do the swim with me oh
You like that
You can swim with me break it down do the swim with me hey
It's like that
You can swim with me break it down do the swim with me hey
You got it oh
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown (drown)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown
He wanna swim
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
He walking but he wanna swim with me (swim with me)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown (drown)
Either way there's no way he gon' drown
He wanna swim
He wanna swim (swim)
Working down my way up the ladder
Thinking 'bout my possibilities
While you are laughing at my descent
Into real life, real hopes, real dreams
Chorus
Taste the sweetness of my
Destiny oh, I am flying
Taste the sweetness of my
Destiny oh, I am flying
Stepping up to crack my head
Against a wall of possibilities while
You are laughing at my descent
Into real life, real hopes, real dreams
Chorus
Things saved, things aren't forgiven
When talking 'bout the possibilities and
Stop your laughing at my descent
Into real life, real hopes, real dreams
Chorus
Try to yell a little louder
They'll come running out to meet you
Try to bleed a little longer
They'll be falling all around you
Chorus
Take a little of this, and a little of that
Make your life so much longer
Try a little of this, and a little of that
Make the pain grow stronger
Try to sing a little stronger
They'll come running out to meet you
Try to die a little longer
They'll be falling all around you
Chorus
Try to sing a little stronger
They'll come running out to meet you
Try to bleed a little longer
They'll be falling all around you
Chorus
Yours is a cry
Crying wolf
Yours is a dying wish for truth
Living a lie
Lay down and die
Pretending to cry all alone
Chorus
I am not listening
'Cause I choose not to listen
And I am not listening
Listening to you
Pick yourself up
Look at yourself
Ask yourself how did I go wrong
Respectability
Is calling out to me
It calls out my name loud and strong
Chorus
I am no one
You can see right through me
I am no one to me
I am no one
Who really cares don't bother
with me
I am a no one to me
Chorus
And I hold my head up real high
So no one else will see me cry
And I hold my head up real high
No one else will see me cry
I am no on
Leading those who'll follow me
And I am a no one to me
I am no one
Guiding all to certainty
But I am a no one to me
Chorus
I am no one
Clawed my way to legendry
And I am no one, you see
I am no one
Spit on those who cannot be
But I am a no one to me
Chorus
Chorus
Little light, shining bright
Guide the stars tonight
Endlessly may you shine brilliantly
Lead the way tonight
Make it shine so all can see
Live and love and harmony
And you can be
A little light for all to see
Chorus
All the world around you here
Loves you so and holds you dear
So you can be
A little light for all to see
Chorus
Live a life of peaceful bliss
Share your love and laughter
And you can be
A little light for all to see
Little light, shining bright
I'm looking all the time now
I'm asking you, do you know?
Where could I find the time?
Got nothing else in mind but
I think that I should try
Try to find some time
Chorus
No one's asking how
No one's asking why just
Say goodbye
My friend is wondering why her
Time isn't here, isn't now
Where could she find the time?
Want to grow, watch him grow too
Want to live, want to be in time
Get in line for time
Chorus
Wipe the cobwebs from your mind
Mock and give it to me
It sends a thrill right through me
All the questions I can find
I can't lie, yeah
It's thrilling to me
Study me and try to find
Any darkness falling creates
A dawning for me
Nothing stimulates my mind
I can't lie
It's thrilling to me
Drop your cares and throw my way
All your thoughts and feelings
I've got it coming to me
Nothing stimulates the mind
I can't lie
It's thrilling to me
The past is now a life far away
A distant memory
A faded brow the vision is not gone
A life so incomplete
So now
Chorus
Now I'm sitting here all alone
Now I'm wondering how this went on
It all went on
Broken table, chairs, a broken home
A cold broken heart
Broken promises, broken records
How did it all start
So now
Chorus
Is this the price to pay for love
The agony and strife
Bloody, bruised and thrown about
This cannot be my life
A brand new life was born today
Innocent and sweet
She makes my day, she saved my life
Now time's healing me
But for now
Chorus
Why not take some time
and sit here with me
Why not lean on back
and watch a star go by
Chorus
Stay with me
We've got a lot of time
to share tonight
We've got to find what
makes it all just seem
So damn right
So,
Chorus
Why not taste the sweetness
of the night
Why not take a piece
of dreaming home
With me
Chorus
Blow your mind, what matters?
Who cares about what is to come
Living life today now, blindly stumbling,
Feeling numb
A heavy dose of freedom
Lacking worldliness so fair
Sing and dance today now
Live your life without a care
Chorus
Letting the good times slip on by
Letting the good times slip on by
Stand behind the ropes
In hopes of being let on in
Beyond the doors of virtue
Step into a world of sin
A taste of this and that
Let it linger on your tongue
I'm just tasting life
Blindly stumbling, feeling numb
Chorus
Lead me down the doorway
Secrets no where to be seen
I trust that you will mind
Your own business, so obscene
Many faceless, many famous
Party through the night
Don't forget your treat
Before you step into the light
Chorus
Once we stood in one line
Anxiously waiting to swing
Now we stand in one line
Wait for healing to begin
Some faces gone awry
Some faces growing thin
Some faces now are lost
Never to see again
Chorus
World revolving off
Made a wrong turn
Stop I want to get off
Watch it slowly burn
So take my heart, take my
Take anything you think you need
But
Chorus
Please help me find my way
I'm lost, alone and can't get home
Please I'm just trying to find a way
To go, and no I'm not
Wasting time
Left to find the dream
On our own now
While paying off your past
Find a way how
So take my heart, take my
Take anything you think you need
But
Chorus
Looking out, finding
nothing's looking back at me
Still no answers, only hope
Reaching out, finding
There's nothing reaching out to me
Still no answers, only hope
I'm trying, I'm dying
To pull away from me
Still no answers, only hope
Though many try to answer
Longing only for the truth
I will always turn away
I'll never stop my journey
I am always seeking
Gotta find an answer to my pain
Love's not easy, love's not blind
It grows inside of me
Give your love now to another
Turn away from me
Love's not easy, love's unkind
Taken now from me
Just take a moment,
look at me now
Open up and see
Chorus
Here I am, I wait for you
Let my love shine down on you
Let my world surround you
Let me love you now
Life's not easy, life's unkind
Living on so free
Lonely days and lonely nights
Give your love to me
Waiting for a simple wish
If only you could see
Just take a moment and
look at me now
Open up and see
Chorus
Love so patient, does not die
Given time and will
Know that I am, I'm here for you
Heart is beating still
No lonely days now,
no lonely nights
Give your love to me
Just take a moment
look at me now
Open up and see
Chorus
Im the child who walked away
Im the child who always with you stayed
Im the child you gave away
Im the child for whom you pray
Chorus
Im the one who cried
The one who mixed my tears with love
Im that child
Im the child you said no good
Im the child whos misunderstood
Im the child who walked away
Im the child for whom you pray
Chorus
I'm the child you spit upon
I'm the child who's always wrong
I'm the child you won't forgive
I'm the child who wants to live
Chorus
A home a family a job
A place to hide the bills
A yard to mow if grass would grow
A place to rest my weary, weary head
Chorus
I'm fine
A morning cup of joe, to go
Leave behind the bran today
Driving on singing songs
That are burning in my brain
Chorus
Two strong arms to hold me tight
A place to rest my head
Warm inviting comfort here
Laying in our bed
Chorus
When's the last time you looked
into my eyes?
When's the last time
you took the time?
Prechorus
Its only one more night now
I'll be home soon and then I'll
I'll make it up to you once more
Chorus
And the story goes untold
Of how to make a family grow
No seed, no sun, no love
No moon or stars above
Could ever save us from ourselves
Numbers, notes not seen before
Loving words, not for me
Prechorus
Chorus
Looking for some other eyes
No words are spoken here, no lies
Prechorus
Chorus
Sad songs wellin' up
Inside walls too high to climb
Souls press against them now and
Watch them fall to the ground
Chorus
And I'm feelin'
I'm feelin' so high
Feelin' high
Mind stops a beat and then the
Soul separates and then my
Life is a song and then my
Heart soars above you now
Chorus
Why's peace so difficult and
Crisis so overrated
Find something to bitch about and
No one's abiding by you
Chorus
Drive you in, drive you in
I swim
Down the coast…
To the sand
Raise the sand to the wind
I'll leave
See the hills on the land
I won't come home till after
I've shaken hands with native lands
And kiss the old friends back there
Cause I wanted water
Drive you in, drive you in
I swim
Reach the edge of the shore
Dive in
I won't come home till after
I've shaken hands with native lands
And kiss the old friends back there
This frame of mind
Young hollow man
Said all I've got to say
Done all I can
Won't even try
Won't even show
Don't tell me things
I don't want to know
Swim through me
Make me
More than whole
Come see what I mean
Make me
Feel secure
And in these days between
When I fall apart
I'd run away but you know
I'm not that smart
These strange ideas
I'll see them through
They've been a part of me
And I know that they're a part of you
And they swim through me
Make me
More than whole
Come see what I mean
Make me
Feel secure
Swim through me
Make me
More than whole
Come see what I mean make me feel secure
Swim through me
Make me
More than whole
Come see what I mean make me feel secure
Swim through me
Make me
More than whole
I'm swimming all the time
I'm swimming for my life
and all I do is swim
I'm swimming for my life
you can swim she said
you can swim she said
and more of less and less
the charm of no success
it's nowhere to be seen
it's someoneelse's dream
words too short to speak
words I meant to keep
I don't understand
I don't understand
words too short to speak
words I meant to keep
don't know what to be you're confusing me
I never understood
just how she thought I could
me and my future wife
above a plain of knives
you can swim she said
you can swim she said
I'm swimming all the time
I'm swimming for my life
and on some dreary day
I'll swim my life away
words too short to speak
words I meant to keep
I don't understand
I don't understand
words too short to speak
words I meant to keep
Swim
Sometimes I find myself stuck in the middle with
nowhere to turn
So I pull it in and tell myself it all works out
But then again no one helps when things go wrong
So I saved myself saved myself I learned how to
swim
Sometimes you find yourself stuck in the crowd with
nowhere to turn
So you go against what everybody feels but feelings
burn
Then you'll see that no one person rules the world
You tell yourself that everybody learns how to swim
With it don't fight the tide, don't fight the tide
Just swim with it but first...
You put your feet on the ground I can't pick you up
every time you're falling down
No I'm not your mother or your father
You put your feet on the ground I can't pick you up
every time you're falling down
No I can't go any further but I know
It's hard to do the right thing in the right place
When you want to do something else in their face
Do what I do don't turn your back and walk away no
Do what I do and learn how to swim
With it don't fight the tide, don't fight the tide
Just swim with it but first...
You put your feet on the ground I can't pick you up
every time you're falling down
No I'm not your mother or your father
You put your feet on the ground I can't pick you up
every time you're falling down
No I can't go any further NO NO
Just learn how to swim
With it don't fight the tide, don't fight the tide
Just swim with it but first...
You put your feet on the ground I can't pick you up
every time you're falling down
No I'm not your mother or your father
You put your feet on the ground I can't pick you up
every time you're falling down
No I can't go any further
Put your feet on the ground
Won't you put your feet on the ground, no I can't
pick you up
Everytime you're falling down
Put your feet on the ground
And learn how to swim
With it don't fight the tide, don't fight the tide
Just swim...
Somedays it seems that they are all out to get you
Or does that just make it easier to take?
If everyone's standing in your way
at least you have someone to blame
Sitting around waiting for something to happen
Never suited me anyway
now I'll swim
I know I'm gonna get there
now I'll swim towards something that is better than I
now I'll swim
for all I know I am there
now I'll swim towards something that is better than I
Looking at the sun bleached beaches
Nothing could mean more than this
Still a wave can knock you over
and turn your view point upside down
Looking up from in the water
It still is beautiful to me
now I'll swim
I know I'm gonna get there
now I'll swim towards something that is better than I
now I'll swim
for all I know I am there
now I'll swim towards something that is better than I
we breathe
we see a wall
we turn
the earth
will spin without us
so keep on
keep on
now I'll swim
I know I'm gonna get there
now I'll swim towards something that is better than I
now I'll swim
for all I know I am there
now I'll swim towards something that is better than I
Quit hanging over me,
Look at the hair on the back of my neck.
Standing up on the rooftops,
Remembering everything she said.
Swim to reach the end,
But I am steady not to offend,
On whom can you depend?
Swim to reach the end.
Swim to reach the end
Swim to reach the end
Swim to reach the end
Swim to reach the end
Lucid afternoon dream
Cosmopolitan scene.
Look at what's in store for me.
Heads will turn in disbelief.
Relish in your energy.
That's the line of symmetry.
That's the line of symmetry.
Swim to reach the end,
But I am steady not to offend,
On whom can you depend?
Banging in my drum I can get no rest,
Not this song is still, light that cigarette down.
Living, loving, lying, I know.
Waiting, wanting, learning for more.
Burning through my hands, well, we can’t be friends,
Act like you don’t know the way in we can dance in
both.
Living, loving, lying, I now.
Waiting, wanting, learning no more.
I make my bet to lie in bed,
Well, I’m sure it’s something.
And if you plan a dive into
I’ll teach you to swim.
Coolest water rain so calm, but you can’t handle it.
I’ve never been so down, why don’t you take a dive?
Living, loving, this pool is tender in.
Don’t run, don’t swim, deep breath, dive in.
Deep breath, dive in.
I make my bet to lie in bed,
Well, I’m sure it’s something.
And if you plan a dive into
I’ll teach you to swim.
Swim and let me call you up
We’ll swim for miles
Let me call you up in single fires.
We're caught in a trap
And I can't walk out until
I collect the missing clues
It's you, it's you
And I worked to make it work
And I let myself get hurt
And kept sinking deep in you
All of my friends keep telling me that
"There's nothing to it"
But if this is love, it ain't enough
And I can't go through with it can't
keep it up
We're at the party, they're playing the songs
And we're right here
But we never get to dance
We just sit and stare
You won't love me when I'm older
You just settle for the thrill
And while you sit there drinking water
"You cruel, careless man"
I'm trying hard to swim
I've sorted it out
Like they say "you know... love burns
Like most good things do"
But then it's you
It's you on my window, it's you on hallway
It's you on the rearview mirror talking
It's you on the radio in all the songs we've been through
You won't love me when I'm older
You just settle for the thrill
And while you sit there drinking water
"You cruel, careless man"
I'm trying hard to swim
You won't love me when I'm older
You just settle for the thrill
So go ahead and choke on water
"You cruel, careless man"
my room as still as an eye, like the candlelit mind i
keep it in, has soaked up so much of me. burning like a
familiar flame. memory after memory. the floor's molded
over with wax from endless thoughts dripping down from
me. tiled walls as empty as they are, and as wet as
they've been, stare flush against me. seeing the same
naked prayer. seeing the same naked hope. memory after
The only reason that it's scary getting old
is people treat you like you're too big to hold
and you still feel just like a kid
You call my bluff when I pretend to be at peace
You take the water that I finally release
Close your mouth, open your arms
That is why I reach for you so much
I think I'm drowning
until we touch
Life is an ocean we fall in
when you hold me I can swim
In this hospital the beds are made of steel
and metal instruments are all some people feel
but what you need is something soft against your skin
So you don't have to pretend to be at peace
I'll take the water that you finally release
Close your mouth, open your arms
That is why you reach for me so much
You think you're drowning
until we touch
Death is an ocean we fall in
SWIM (Verlaine)
So, I saw myself...
living somewhere in the North...
yeah,
I saw myself in the North...
in this trailer...
some water... and
pine trees around...
at night, I'd...
it's hard to say... sort of...
fly around... yeah, that's it...
fly around...
and... er...
there was a lotta drafts in that trailer...
it was cold... yeah...
and... so... er...
one night, I heard this person - while
I was flying around - say...
said, er...
sounds funny, but...
said, "I am daylight"
As I lay my head in your lap
I feel the beauty of your soul
All the living splendour here
What a joy to behold.
I could swim, I could swim,
I could swim in your love,
In your love
In your love
I could swim in your love,
In your love
I could swim in your love,
In your love
Across the lake the wind is rising up
The birds are flying away,
Leaving nothing behind,
They know it's better that way
I could swim, I could swim,
I could swim in your love,
In your love
In your love
I could swim in your love,
In your love
I could swim in your love,
You don't know what you got till it's gone
It's not here, you got you, you need to be strong
Today will pass no matter what you do
You're alive, so live, and be true to you
Chorus:
Girls like me don't sink we swim
We embrace our every whim
Though there might be twists or spins
Keep your chin up and let yourself swim
Swim, you gotta let yourself swim, swim
You got the power to make mountains move
Like a light in the sky, you're etherealized
So go ahead and make love to the moon
Carry on, your strong, sing your song
Chorus:
Girls like me don't sink we swim
We embrace our every whim
Though there might be twists or spins
Keep your chin up and let yourself swim
Swim, you know you gotta swim, swim
Hold on, you're not too far from where you want to be
Deep in you, lies the truth and your sanctuary
Chorus:
Girls like me don't sink we swim
We embrace our every whim
Though there might be twists or spins
Keep your chin up and let yourself swim
Swim, you know you gotta swim, swim
You gotta swim ya know, you gotta swim ya know
You gotta, you gotta swim ya know
