{"id":67,"date":"2005-11-21T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-21T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=67"},"modified":"2015-10-15T17:06:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T00:06:06","slug":"swim-or-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2005\/11\/21\/swim-or-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Swim or Die"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Swim<\/p>\n

E<\/span>ver get really good advice and not seem to be able to take it — even though you think it could maybe even save your life?<\/p>\n

No, I’m not talking about quitting smoking. (OK, maybe I am; you have to decide for yourself.)<\/p>\n

Sometimes you’re just a deer in life’s headlights, frozen, agonizingly in what should be a moment of indecision… and maybe it is just a moment but it seems to stretch on forever almost as though retelling your life in one of those “How did I get here<\/span>?” flashbacks. Live or die. Love or hate. Go to work or sleep all day and lose your job.<\/p>\n\n

Forget Her Eyes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

forget her eyes forget her voice
\nforget her soft caress
\nshe’s just some phoney made up girl
\nup inside your lonely head<\/p>\n

forget the night that could have been
\nthe time that never was
\nforget the dreams that turned to lies
\nthen crumbled into dust<\/p>\n

swim or die<\/span>
\nit’s understood<\/span>
\nI know just what to do<\/span>
\nswim or die<\/span>
\nit sounds- so – good<\/span>
\nif I could only move<\/span><\/p>\n

the waters cold
\nthe moon is pale
\nthe lights sparkle on the pier
\nthe musics faint & far away
\nthe ocean’s like a mirror<\/p>\n

I see myself for what I am
\nit all becomes so clear
\njust a wave upon the sea
\nand this ocean’s just a tear<\/p>\n

swim or die<\/span>
\nit’s understood<\/span>
\nI know just what to do<\/span>
\nswim or die<\/span>
\nit sounds- so – good<\/span>
\nif I could only move<\/span><\/p>\n

(C)1996, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n

An autobiographical note: the protagonist in this song is most assuredly not me.<\/span> But it’s his emotional paralysis that spoke for my matrix of moods as I was writing this song. Autobiography-wise, the smart ass a few songs back who sang “Sometimes at night I call your name \/ a thousand girls have told me so,” is more up my alley. Pathetic as I understand mature people will think that. Talk about the footprint of pathology, huh? This footnote sez it all.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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