[INTRO – ELECTRO PULSE, NO VOCALS, SYNCOPATED 16TH GROOVE] [VERSE 1] Oh it's perfectly fine down here, I swear The pressure's just a gentle kind of care My lungs have learned to improvise, you see Turns out I never needed air — not me The fish give me this look, I can't explain Like, honey, you are clearly not okay But I just wave politely and I stay Down in my absolutely thriving way [PRE-CHORUS] They said "come up, come up, the surface is right there" I said "I'm good, I'm good — I love it everywhere" Salt in my voice, chlorophyll in my hair Breathing underwater — it's a lifestyle, dear [CHORUS – FULL BAND, BOUNCING RHYTHM, LAYERED HARMONICS] Breathing underwater, doing great Never been better, don't relate To that whole oxygen debate Breathing underwater, feeling free The coral thinks I'm finally me And who am I to disagree With the sea — with the beautiful, drowning sea [VERSE 2 – STRIPPED BACK, RAW VOCAL, ELECTRO TEXTURES] I've scheduled all my panic for next year My calendar is blessedly unclear I've made a little home beside the wreck (It's not a metaphor, or — well — check) The current brings me all the news I need All soaking wet and pleasantly agreed My therapist is a philosophic eel He doesn't speak but God he makes me feel [BRIDGE – VOCAL SPOKEN/SUNG, CINEMATIC SWELL] You know what they don't tell you about water It holds you — really holds you — like a daughter Or a secret — or a hand that won't let go Isn't that just — isn't that just — oh ~ ~ ~ I meant to surface sometime around June June of some unspecified year — soon [EXPERIMENTAL BREAK – GLITCH ELECTRONICS, BEATLESS, WHISPERED IMPROV] (spoken, fragmented, half-sung) ...bubbles going up... I wave... they wave back... ...everyone down here is very understanding... ...there's a lot of light actually... blue light... ...it's absolutely... it's absolutely fine... [FINAL CHORUS – FULL LAYERED VOCALS, SYNCOPATED PULSE AT PEAK] Breathing underwater, doing great Never been better, don't relate To that whole oxygen debate Breathing underwater, feeling free The coral thinks I'm finally me And who am I to disagree With the sea With the sea With the beautiful — inevitable — sea [OUTRO – ELECTRO PULSE DISSOLVES, SINGLE VOICE, FADES] (humming, then silence) ...perfectly fine...
