Swim Sideways

Female lead vocal only, Cannon-voiced female lead, 110 BPM big-drum rock, crashing floor toms, slamming snare, blazing guitars, rolling bass, cannon-voiced belted chorus, loud, ‑indie, ‑soft, ‑gentle, ‑sleepy, ‑lullaby, ‑whisper, ‑industrial, ‑trap hi-hat rolls, ‑drill, ‑choir, ‑gang shouts, ‑crowd chants, ‑Soft Fire, ‑lo-fi, ‑brass, ‑ballad, ‑piano, ‑organ, ‑keyboards, ‑metal, ‑slide guitar, ‑808, ‑cowbell, ‑punk, ‑country, ‑twang, ‑opera, ‑gospel, ‑funk, ‑ska, ‑horror, ‑Halloween, ‑generic rap voice, ‑crooning, ‑crooner, ‑breathy, ‑talk-sing, ‑hushed, ‑legato, ‑silky, ‑smooth, ‑half-spoken, ‑close-mic, ‑spoken, ‑spoken word, ‑mumble, ‑mumble rap, ‑whispered, ‑laid-back, ‑low-energy, ‑thin vocal, ‑auto-tune, ‑dubstep, ‑EDM drop, ‑R&B, ‑emo, ‑reggaeton, ‑dancehall, ‑strings, ‑warm mid-range male vocal, ‑warm mid-range female vocal, ‑male vocals, ‑generic pop vocal, ‑male vocals, ‑male lead, ‑male rapper

[Pre-Chorus: Cannon-voiced female lead, climbing]
Tube on my shoulder and the sand on fire
Hit the water running and I go in higher

[Chorus: Cannon-voiced female lead, full chest, belted]
Swim sideways when the water won't let go
Don't fight the pull, cut across the flow
Every wave that drags you out will set you down
Swim sideways and you'll make it back to ground

[Verse 2: Cannon-voiced female lead, cannon-voiced, harder]
Got to them both with my arms on the board
Little girl crying and her brother holding cords
Then the floor drops out and the current takes hold
Pulling all three of us out past the shoals
Beach getting smaller and the people in a line
Everybody screaming swim back, swim back, every time
Swim back is the way that the strong ones drown
Fighting that river till it pulls them down

[Undertow: Cannon-voiced female lead, undertow toms, floor toms tumble in waves under her voice, bigger every line]
Feel it pulling, don't you fight it
Feel it dragging, keep your head up
Kick to the left where the water breaks white
Sideways, sideways, out of the bite

[Verse 3: Cannon-voiced female lead, cannon-voiced, rising]
Fifty yards across and the pull goes slack
Water turning green and the waves roll back
Caught the next one and we rode it in fast
Three of us tumbling on the sand at last
Mama in the shallows with her arms out wide
Kids on the beach and the tide on our side
Whatever drags you out where you can't see shore
Go sideways, baby, there's a way, there's more

[Final Chorus: Cannon-voiced female lead, full chest, belted, everything up]
Swim sideways when the water won't let go
Don't fight the pull, cut across the flow
Every wave that drags you out will set you down
Swim sideways and you'll make it back to ground

[Outro: Cannon-voiced female lead, cannon-voiced, floor toms ring out and fade]
Swim sideways
Back to ground

[End]

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[Verse 1: Cannon-voiced female lead, cannon-voiced, strong and steady] Red flag snapping on the lifeguard stand Whole beach packed and the sun on the sand Water looking calm in a dark flat lane That's how you know the rip is there again Two kids laughing on a yellow board Drifting out quiet past the sandbar floor Mama on her towel looks up and screams I'm off the chair before she finds her feet [Pre-Chorus: Cannon-voiced female lead, climbing] Tube on my shoulder and the sand on fire Hit the water running and I go in higher [Chorus: Cannon-voiced female lead, full chest, belted] Swim sideways when the water won't let go Don't fight the pull, cut across the flow Every wave that drags you out will set you down Swim sideways and you'll make it back to ground [Verse 2: Cannon-voiced female lead, cannon-voiced, harder] Got to them both with my arms on the board Little girl crying and her brother holding cords Then the floor drops out and the current takes hold Pulling all three of us out past the shoals Beach getting smaller and the people in a line Everybody screaming swim back, swim back, every time Swim back is the way that the strong ones drown Fighting that river till it pulls them down [Undertow: Cannon-voiced female lead, undertow toms, floor toms tumble in waves under her voice, bigger every line] Feel it pulling, don't you fight it Feel it dragging, keep your head up Kick to the left where the water breaks white Sideways, sideways, out of the bite [Chorus: Cannon-voiced female lead, full chest, belted] Swim sideways when the water won't let go Don't fight the pull, cut across the flow Every wave that drags you out will set you down Swim sideways and you'll make it back to ground [Verse 3: Cannon-voiced female lead, cannon-voiced, rising] Fifty yards across and the pull goes slack Water turning green and the waves roll back Caught the next one and we rode it in fast Three of us tumbling on the sand at last Mama in the shallows with her arms out wide Kids on the beach and the tide on our side Whatever drags you out where you can't see shore Go sideways, baby, there's a way, there's more [Final Chorus: Cannon-voiced female lead, full chest, belted, everything up] Swim sideways when the water won't let go Don't fight the pull, cut across the flow Every wave that drags you out will set you down Swim sideways and you'll make it back to ground [Outro: Cannon-voiced female lead, cannon-voiced, floor toms ring out and fade] Swim sideways Back to ground [End]

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