Amel Larrieux Gills And Tails Lyrics

Gills And Tails Lyrics

i looked at my reflection in the water 

thought what an unlikely pair 

closed my eyes, held my breath, plummeted down,down,down 

and anchored myself there 



can't tell how long i've been 

in the company of gills and tails 

i think i feel my skin 

growing scales 



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can i come up for air 

can i come up, can come up 

(repeat 3x) 



i'm gettin' eaten up down here 

i'm just not built like them 

the big fish have a monopoly 

the little fish get buried in the sand 



this here world i'm in 

sucks your life out, leaves you comatose 

take back your salt and fins 

send me a lifeboat 



chorus 



i look up with longing at the surface 

hypnotized by the way the sunlight seems to ride each ripple 

and they do a dance 

every ray becomes a beckoning hand 

i miss the sweet taste of oxygen 

i mistook this for the promised land 



chorus