Gills And Tails

I looked at my reflection in the water

Thought, "What an unlikely pair"

Closed my eyes, held my breath, plummeted down, down, down

And anchored myself there

Can't tell how long I've been

In the company of gills and tails

I think I feel my skin

Growing scales

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Can I, can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

I'm getting eaten up down here

I'm just not built like that (That)

The big fish have a monopoly

The little fish get buried in the sand

This sea world I'm in

Sucks your life out, leaving you comatose

Take back your salt and fins

Send me a lifeboat

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

I look up with longing at the surface

Hypnotized by the way the sunlight seems to ride each ripple

And they do a dance

Every ray becomes a beckoning hand

I miss the sweet taste of oxygen

I mistook this for the promised land

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Can I come up for air?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Air, air

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

Can I, can I come up?

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

I, I

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

I, I, I, I

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)

I

(Can I come up? Can I come up?)