Swimming Lessons

Call it what you want to, always should've known
Silence is an answer, felt it in my bones
We were so enamoured, only seventeen
I drank your elixir, fell into your sheets

I've been burning all my life, jump in fire, drown in ice
Heavy as the ocean tides, swallow me down
Meet me when the moon is high, feel my body ignite
Gently as your ocean eyes, watch me drown

Painted me by number, ebony and teal
Strokes of gold and silver, all felt so surreal
Lifted to the surface, risen from the deep
You get what you pay for, your artistry was cheap

I've been burning all my life, jump in fire, drown in ice
Heavy as the ocean tides, swallow me down
Meet me when the moon is high, feel my body ignite
Gently as your ocean eyes, watch me drown

We, were beautiful
Simply, ephemeral
And I, could've floated longer
But you pulled me under

I've been burning all my life, jump in fire, drown in ice
Heavy as the ocean tides, swallow me down
Meet me when the moon is high, feel my body ignite
Gently as your ocean eyes, watch me drown

We, were beautiful
Simply, ephemeral
It couldn't go on
I'll teach myself to swim till waters calm