Swim

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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.