Swim-Ani DiFranco

[00:12.54]You keep telling me I'm beautiful [00:16.27]But I feel a little less so each time [00:19.22]Your love is so colorful [00:22.50]It flashes like a neon sign [00:25.46]But I finally drove out where [00:28.95]The sky is dark enough to see stars [00:32.15]And I found I missed no one [00:35.52]Just listening to the swishing of distant cars [00:38.90]I hope I never see [00:41.47]The ocean again [00:45.44]Pushing and pulling at me [00:47.90]As I go deeper and deeper in [00:51.72]Til I'm so far from my shore [00:54.60]So far from what I came here for [00:58.15]I let you surround me [01:00.35]I let you drown me [01:02.25]Out with your din [01:08.64]And then I learned how to swim [01:22.79]I was floating above myself [01:26.41]Watching her do just what you wanted [01:30.06]Poor little friendly ghost [01:33.37]Wondering why her whole house feels haunted [01:36.48]I told myself I was strong enuf [01:39.82]That I had plenty of blood to give [01:42.84]And each elbow cradled a needle [01:46.42]But listless and faint ain't no way to live [01:49.41]So I hope I never see [01:52.41]The ocean again [01:56.55]Pushing and pulling at me [01:58.93]As I go deeper and deeper in [02:02.78]Til I'm so far from my shore [02:05.69]So far from what I came here for [02:09.17]I let you surround me [02:11.41]I let you drown me [02:13.41]Out with your din [02:20.18]And then I learned how to swim [02:34.40]You keep telling me I'm beautiful [02:38.25]But I feel a little less so each time [02:41.24]Your love is so colorful [02:44.67]It flashes like a neon sign [02:47.67]But I finally drove out where [02:51.26]The sky is dark enough to see stars [02:54.31]And I found I missed no one [02:58.04]Just listening to the swishing of distant cars