Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Florence + The Machine
Canonical path: /florence-and-the-machine/swimming
Related lyric paths: 6
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Swimming
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Swimming
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Your songs remind me of swimming
Which I forgot when I started to sink
Drank further away from the shore
And deeper into the drink
Sat on the bottom of the ocean
A sturn and stubborn rock
Your songs remind of swimming
But somehow I forgot
I was sinking and now I'm sunk
I was drinking and now I'm drunk
Your songs remind of swimming
But somehow I forgot
I tried to remember the chorus
I can't remember the verse
'Cause that song that sent me swimming
Is now the life jacket that burst
Rotting like a wreck on the ocean floor
Singing like a siren that can't swim anymore
Your songs remind of swimming
But I can't swim anymore
Pull me out the water, cold and blue
I open my eyes and see that it's you
So I dive straight back in the ocean
So I dive straight back in the ocean
Take a deep breath
Suck the water in my chest
Take a deep breath
Suck the water in my chest
And cross my fingers
And I hope for the best
Then all of a sudden, I heard in a note
It started in my chest
And ended in my throat
Then I realised, then I realised, then I realised
I was swimming, yes, I was swimming
And now I'm swimming, yes, I'm swimming
Your songs remind me of swimming
Which I forgot when I started to sink
Your songs remind me of swimming
Which I forgot when I started to sink
Your songs remind me of swimming
Which I forgot when I started
Your songs remind me of swimming
Which I forgot when I started to sink
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