Saturday, August 13, 2011

Swim

Thanks to YouTube user for posting this.


Swim by Ani Difranco - On a French TV show

Swim - Ani Difranco
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 signbut 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 enough
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 enuf to see stars
and i found i missed no one
just listening to the swishing of distant cars
 
"Swim" can be found on Educated Guess (2004)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To learn more about Ani Difranco visit her official website here. 

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