Swim

Song Swim
Artist Ani DiFranco
Album Canon

Lyrics

[00:12.54] You keep telling me I'm beautiful
[00:16.27] But I feel a little less so each time
[00:19.22] Your love is so colorful
[00:22.50] It flashes like a neon sign
[00:25.46] But I finally drove out where
[00:28.95] The sky is dark enough to see stars
[00:32.15] And I found I missed no one
[00:35.52] Just listening to the swishing of distant cars
[00:38.90] I hope I never see
[00:41.47] The ocean again
[00:45.44] Pushing and pulling at me
[00:47.90] As I go deeper and deeper in
[00:51.72] Til I'm so far from my shore
[00:54.60] So far from what I came here for
[00:58.15] I let you surround me
[01:00.35] I let you drown me
[01:02.25] Out with your din
[01:08.64] And then I learned how to swim
[01:22.79] I was floating above myself
[01:26.41] Watching her do just what you wanted
[01:30.06] Poor little friendly ghost
[01:33.37] Wondering why her whole house feels haunted
[01:36.48] I told myself I was strong enuf
[01:39.82] That I had plenty of blood to give
[01:42.84] And each elbow cradled a needle
[01:46.42] But listless and faint ain't no way to live
[01:49.41] So I hope I never see
[01:52.41] The ocean again
[01:56.55] Pushing and pulling at me
[01:58.93] As I go deeper and deeper in
[02:02.78] Til I'm so far from my shore
[02:05.69] So far from what I came here for
[02:09.17] I let you surround me
[02:11.41] I let you drown me
[02:13.41] Out with your din
[02:20.18] And then I learned how to swim
[02:34.40] You keep telling me I'm beautiful
[02:38.25] But I feel a little less so each time
[02:41.24] Your love is so colorful
[02:44.67] It flashes like a neon sign
[02:47.67] But I finally drove out where
[02:51.26] The sky is dark enough to see stars
[02:54.31] And I found I missed no one
[02:58.04] Just listening to the swishing of distant cars