Gills & Tails - Amel Larrieux

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 

[chorus] 
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 at 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]