Dizzy

Swim

Dizzy


Sink to the bottom 
Only to wind up belly up 
On your bedroom floor 
Innocuous form 
I'm underwater 
For half of the day but still you wade till I'm ready to float 
And carry me home 
(Goodbye to my mother who taught me to swim)

We'll be alright in the morning 
When the world is on fire we'll be treading in the yard till I'm ready to float 
And you carry me home 

And we're dancing outside in the purple dark 
By the blood that we shed on the boulevard 
I know that you'll carry me home 
Carry me home

Locked to the love seat 
Flash me your front teeth 
It's cherry and bone 
Cherry and bone 

You are the athlete 
I am the astronaut for thousands of miles I float 
Still you carry me home 

Goodbye to my mother 
Whose body I lived in 
Turned blood into water 
And taught me to swim