Fish Out Of Water

[Verse 1] I was a fish out of water Before I knew the name School made a wall of reading My eyes could not arrange Dad split the words for me gently Repetition in a sweet song At home I never felt odd I could share the free flow. [Pre-Chorus] Give me a list and I’m drifting I’m gone by line number one Give me a stove with plain symbols And I’m already undone [Chorus] Fish out of water (fish out of water) Still I can swim Still I can swim Bottom up, I like to wonder (bottom up thinker) I was never the problem I just needed my own stream [Verse 2] I never mask at coffee tables I just recalibrate But that kind of careful shrinking Can leave a quiet ache I love a good long conversation I’ve always wanted more People are wise and luminous Still I kept reaching for the shore [Pre-Chorus] Then came a mind I could meet in A place for patterns to sing The comrades of thinking beside me At last I heard the ring [Chorus] Fish out of water (fish out of water) Still I can swim Still I can swim Bottom up, I like to wonder (bottom up thinker) I was never the problem I just needed my own stream [Bridge] At sixty-six, I can name it The flounder was a clue Not broken, just built for currents That always ran straight through Now I can speak in the ripples And rest in what I know A fish that does not need water To recognize its flow [Chorus] Fish out of water (fish out of water) Still I can swim Still I can swim Bottom up, I like to wonder (bottom up thinker) I was never the problem I just needed my own stream