Another rough recording of a song I wrote. I wrote this about 6 months ago shortly after a particularly painful break up. I hope this speaks to someone.
Lyrics:
Asked a rock to be a tree
oh how foolish I can be
expecting growth from something that just holds me down.
And you say you’ve had a few
okay, maybe a case or two
but hey, fuck me.
This is what you want to do.
When you’ve had too much to drink
just don’t grab your keys
cause no one’s going to hide them from you now.
I hope youÂ
learn to swim before you drown.
Throwing rigs into your arms,
never had to look that hard.
I guess it’s easy
when your habit’s always been your home.
All your friends they should know better
but they’re here for fairer weather
and besides,Â
they’re just as fucked up as you are.
On those party nights you like
please lay on your sideÂ
cause no one’s going to roll you over now.
I hope youÂ
learn to swim before you drown
Now it’s all come to an end
and we can’t go back again.
I’ll always miss you,
at least who I thought that you were.Â
And I’ll always wonder whether
you ever got yourself together
but shit,
it’s such a tough lesson to learn.
Sorry that I couldn’t stay,
but I can’t stay too dazedÂ
cause no one’s going to watch for me right now.
I had to
learn to swim,
and choose to swim,
learn to swim before I drowned.
