(aaahhh….every take I did had a toilet flush in the background, yay for recording in my basement!)

carly howard - the swim

our feet are running so fast on the dock

we’ll surely fall and never come back

these waves are choking my ankles and tears back

i know now i really can’t stay

you told me then but i already knew

i could hear it in the tides and see it in your eyes too

in your eyes too

we washed our hands clean

and hung out our findings of the day to dry on the horizon

for everyone to see

for everyone to see

diving forward in the freezing lake

i held your hand and we held our breath

the things we said were not important

so we try for it just like we should

but can’t you catch your breath

isn’t it your turn to say what happens next

what happens next

we orphaned our melodies

to lie here silly sideways

searching for prettier boys

and the finer things

oh, those finer things

we swam out so far, we couldn’t see the land anymore

and the sun is down and it’s so dark, i can’t see your face anymore

we went out so far, we didn’t know where we came from

the sun is down and it’s so dark, i can’t see your face anymore

have you ever seen the moon when it looks so backward in the sky

like tonight

like tonight