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When I Died

from Now We Can See by The Thermals

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The earth was too hot
The air was too thin
I took off my clothes
I took off my skin
I crawled to the sea
That was calling for me
So I could swim
Yeah, so I could swim

I was sick of the land
I was sick from the heat
I was sick of the sun
And the sky and the trees
Over the air that I needed to breath
When I held with my hands
When I walked on my feet
I took off my clothes
I took off my skin
Started shedding my arms
To start getting my fins
Crawled to the sea
That was calling for me
So I could swim
Swim the ocean wide
I was only just past the low tide

When I died
My head did swell
I said to myself
"Nature sure took her sweet time"
I was already losing my spine

I was sick with horror
When my curtain fell
It's the end of the story
I was certain to tell
Watching their faces
As they pulled me from the sea
Feeling for the place
I thought my gills would be
Busted and wrecked
Justly infected
My body beyond repair
Had no objections, sir
My only questions were
"Where do I go?" and
"Will I know when I'm there?"
But I really couldn't say that I cared

If life was short
At least it was short

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from Now We Can See, released April 7, 2009

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