Swim

you keep telling me i'm beautiful
 but i feel a little less 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
 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 enuf
 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
 and you keep telling me i'm beautiful
 but i feel less and 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 the stars
 and i found i missed no one
 just listening to the swishing of distant cars