i never owned or owned up to much
but human nature
bird of prey on bended knee
i’m learning what my feather’s worth
and what’s the sense if you’re perfect
i always felt owned or owing much too much
due to relationships
sunk beneath the surface
several several leagues
an empty dark
i’ll learn to swim if there’s sharks
if there’s sharks
chorus:
family of sharks
(there’s a family of sharks)
family of sharks
(there’s a family of sharks)
after what you got
(yeah they after what you got)
after what you got
there’s a hammerhead
close to where there’s happiness
post until the current hits
drag me to a new abyss
i’m feeling joyful
as the horn upon a narwhal
every time my lady bobbles and dips
if that makes me a sinner
then sentence me
judge not as the seasons sprout
instill it in your seeds
and that’s a future to read about
but time is running out
(repeat chorus)
SWIM!
you have to swim, have to swim
SWIM!
you have to swim, have to swim
but i can’t.
credits
from maple water,
released September 2, 2015
produced by kendall elijah dynamite
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