Lyrics

Swimming
words and music by Rachel Bellinsky

afraid
I put my foot into the cool darkness
swallow my fear
and step into the water

ankle deep I move ahead
is that a shadow swimming in the depth?
what things will greet my legs if I go any further?

knee deep I come alive
the wet and the cold fill me entirely
aware of every drop around me
I want to know more of this

waist deep the water knows me
knows how to conform around me
knows I found my curiosity
and pulls me forward in its tide

over my head I am a fish
I must have known that I belong like this
the water in my lungs I wish to go
deeper still, forever

chorus
knee deep I come alive
the wet and the cold fill me entirely
aware of every drop around me
I want to know more of this