Intro
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Verse
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The currents want to pull you down. The bottom is empty, invisible.
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Where is the shore? Oh I can't see it anymore.
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Feeling so tired. Have to keep floating.
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The bottom is so far away. The shore is so far away.
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The finish line is out of sight. I won't give up without a fight.
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It's such a long swim.
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The waves are coming at full force. And even though I thrash about
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It only makes it worse. I only get more tired.
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Have I gotten out so far. I don't know where the boat docks are.
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And the moon just laughs at me. A sickle in a cotton veil.
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Will I make it through this gale? It's such a long swim.
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It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
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It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
Verse
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I was standing on a pier. Was it very far from here?
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Nothing but the water sounds. And if I had it in a glass
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I could drink it down and laugh. I would laugh and drink it down.
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The water is so pure tonight. It brings you life yet makes you drown.
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The fish must be laughing. I have seen the boats of steel.
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I have used a fishing reel. I am bobbing like a cork.
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In this never-ending dark. I am soaked from toe to chin.
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I will not let the water in. Is there any use at all
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To fight against this heavy tide? Will it take me in it's stride?
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It's such a long swim.
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It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
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It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
Verse
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I was sitting in the sand. Waves were tumbling with the wind.
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They pulled him out. They pulled him in. The stretcher brought him back again.
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The sirens let the swimmers know not to wrestle undertows.
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It's such a long swim
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And now there is no sign of land. The breakers are behind me now.
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Splashing in a hopeless flow. Far above the muddy sand.
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Will I dry off on the rocks? Will I ever see the docks?
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The beacons must have all burnt out. I am flooded with this doubt.
Em D D
It's such a long swim.
G D G D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
G D Em D
It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
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It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.
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It's such a long swim. It's such a long swim.