The Lifeguard

The Lifeguard is not a woman; the Lifeguard is not a man
The Lifeguard is not David Hasselhoff or Pamela Anderson
The Lifeguard is not lotioning and oiling up there on the stand
The Lifeguard is off-duty, not working on the tan

The guard is no strong swimmer, won't pass the brickin' test
The Lifeguard won't go in after you, revive you with a kiss
The Lifeguard will do no chest compressions
Will do no rescue breaths
The Lifeguard is off-duty, so swim at your own risk!

No lifeguard is on duty, so swim at your own pace
The Lifeguard won't ride paddleboards or jet-skis past the break
The Lifeguard won't show up in court to be held to account
Won't listen while we plead the case for everyone who drowned

That lifeguard must be busy, not giving shits or damns
Maybe on vacation? Maybe on the can?
Fa-fa-fa-fa psycho killer... What is that? What is this?
The Lifeguard is off duty, so swim at your own risk!

Did the Lifeguard see it coming, that dark night at the pool
When you did the worst thing ever or had it done to you?
Did the Lifeguard leave the lights out, out of malice or neglect?
Did the Lifeguard let it happen, make it happen, forget?

How every time I jack-knifed, I'd look up toward the stand
To watch the Lifeguard watch me drowning in the deepest end
And I would feel so guilty for days and days on end
'Cause I wasn't like the Lifeguard I saw living in my head

Is the Lifeguard like the water in the pool and in the blood?
A dark cloud raining acid on the just and the unjust?
The injustice of what just is has no face and has no name
The lifeguard just goes on and on like an ever-breaking wave

The Lifeguard, the Lifeguard
You are the Lifeguard
Alive
You are the Lifeguard
You are the Lifeguard
You are the Lifeguard
You are alive



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