(UNRELEASED)

swim
words and music by ani difranco © 2003 righteous babe music / BMI

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 enough to see stars
and i found i miss no one
just listening to the swishing of distant cars
so i hope i'd never see the ocean again
pushin' 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'll let you surround me
i'll 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 less and less i'm finding a way to live
so i hope i never see the ocean again
pushin' 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 enough to see stars
and i found i miss no one
just listening to the swishing of distant cars