Level 42 The Bends Lyrics

The Bends Lyrics

You`ve got to see me in the cold light of day
You gotta see me as I am but that`s the only way
But it`s often the way when you try to make amends
Come up too fast and you`re sure to get the bends
It never ends

I`ve been diving, deeper than you think
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink
The long wave return makes it harder to be friends
Come up too fast and you`re sure to get the bends

Oh nobody knows, nobody knows
Why we`re chained to our first impression
Oh nobody knows, nobody knows
How we`re changed by decompression

Look at the crazy people heading for the bay
(You`re telling me I`m crazy)
It`s a drop in the ocean but we`re growing by the day
The long wave returns and it`s hard to comprehend
(You realy do amaze me)
Come up too fast and you`ll be sure to get the bends

Oh nobody knows, nobody knows
Why we`re chained to our first impression
Oh nobody knows, nobody knows
How we`re changed by decompression

Look at the crazy people
All heading for the bay
Some keeping it together
Some falling by the way
Way down below the surface
It`s easy to pretend
Gotta get up off the seabed
It`s time to make amends
People like a river
Flowing to the sea
Making a stand to deliver 
a new philosophy
No need to be defensive
When there`s nothing to defend
Better make it last, come up too fast 
and you`re sure to get the bends

It never ends