Swim Lyrics - Educated Guess - Ani Difranco

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 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 enough 

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