KWAYE - Swim For Me lyrics

This life is a circus and a stage
Under pretty lights and blind faith
Where we hold onto words that keep us afraid

People say shit every day
No, he ain't got the answer
But right now he's the master
You're heading for disaster
If you wanna be heard
But you ain't never stop to listen

We fear the furious
For the fury in us
Isn't able to receive
If you want to be seen
See yourself
Know you're enough

All I do is suffer through it
Can't do it
But you said, "You are so special
Don't dash your dreams like they ain't special
I see God in you
That's real
Everything you feel's just part of the process
So necessary."

I try to be more than I am for the people
In spite of my ways
You provide space
And I crowd each day for you

Maybe I could use a bit more confidence now
Lately I been drowning
Lately I been drowning in blues
You know, I could use a little bit of your styling
Style

I wanna be fly like you

I saw him as an entirely different person
We're one and the same, aren't we?
He looked just like I used to
You look nothing like could have imagined
He knows nothing about me
You know everything about me
Yet, his whole world
So, what do we do now?
Is in these hands

He said
"Boy, if you can't swim, then why you tryna jump in the water?"
I told him
"It's for my mothers and my fathers."
I'm learning to swim for me

Swimming
Swim for me
Swimming
Body to the water

One foot in the ocean
I'm finna be brave
Body to the water
Freestyle, breast stroke, "butterfly" in the water
You really got me treading water, treading water

One foot in the ocean
So glad you're here
Congratulations
I'm finna be brave
Body to the water
The air is as sweet as you remember
Freestyle, breast stroke, "butterfly" in the water

You really got me
You been lost in those boots
Treading water
Finding your feet
Treading water
You been hiding your blues
Treading water

One foot in the ocean
Daylight will soon enter the fray
I'm finna be brave
Body to the water
'Til that fateful day
Freestyle, breast stroke, "butterfly"
We take to the river
In the water

You really got me
You've been better off
Treading water
You've been worse for wear
Treading water
Anything could happen

One foot in the ocean
I'm finna be brave
Body to the water
Freestyle, breast stroke, "butterfly"
In the water

You really got me
Treading water
Treading water