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Swims Lyrics by Mount Eerie

A Crow Looked at Me

2017

I can't get the image out of my head
Of when I held you right there and watched you die
Upstairs in the back bedroom of our house
Where we have lived for many years
Your last gasping breaths
I see it again and again
As the breeze blew in
The room I still don't go in at night because I see you
Your transformed dying face will recede with time
Is what our counselor said
Who we walked to every Monday holding hands
Slower every week with your breathing until we had to drive
But then only two months after you died our counselor died
All at once, her empty office with no light on as if her work was done

We are all always so close to not existing at all
Except in the confusion of our survived bys, grasping at the echoes

Today our daughter asked me if maman swims
I told her "Yes she does, and that's probably all she does now."

What was you is now borne across waves, evaporating

About “Swims” by Mount Eerie

Read the complete lyrics to "Swims" by Mount Eerie from the album "A Crow Looked at Me" in 2017. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under USA, Singer-Songwriter, American Folk.

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"Swims" is credited to Mount Eerie. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Swims" appears on "A Crow Looked at Me" in 2017.

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