Just keep your head above

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
A crack in the armor
I swim to brighter days
Despite the absence of sun
Choking on salt water
I'm not giving in
I swim

You gotta swim
Through nights that won't end
Swim for your families
Your lovers your sisters
And brothers and friends
Yeah you've 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
Cracking me open now
I swim for brighter days
Despite 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've 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
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And maybe I'll keep my head above
but I cant swim.
I've been taught
but I forget once I see the waves
once the water swells higher than my head
I loose the memory
and all I can think of is drowning
watching my breath escape me and float towards the surface
while the deep bark blue pulls me deeper
and my life becomes a blur before my eyes.
any maybe I'll realize that this death isnt too bad
its just part of the life I had
the life I didnt live
the moments I took for granted
the people I let use and hurt me
the people I hurt and abanond.
Maybe this death will be better than my life
or this could just be change
like shedding my scales, like losing my fur
like re-growing bones and replaying the sunrises Ive seen
and watching the sun set slowly.
I'm going to swim.