Drowning
You tell me I can't swim
I am staring at your starfish mouth
As you mumble on about
How I'm not swimming
Chemicals that keep everyone afloat
Aren't quite carrying me
You say I'm drowning
There are lifeboats for that
There are two small blue ovals for that
Ocean colored Prozac
The miracle of modern meds
The moon is calling me
The tide welcomes me
She's got my heart buried
Deep in the ocean floor
You kept me from my destiny
There are no oceans
Behind these white walls
They say the lithium will cure the voices
They don't understand how they comfort me
They've got shock therapy for that
You tell me I can't swim A miracle of modern medicine
Pulling me back from the waves
Don't you know
Amber Watson