Above the Water

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Sometimes we’re all guilty of this but it is something that I truly battle with… 

The pace and relentlessness of modern life is too much. I’ve always got my head down doing something or going somewhere and I miss the things that are important, the things I can’t get back.

This song is about keeping up with this crazy, relentless journey that is life and how we need to keep swimming just to stay afloat. 

I’ve gone missing at times and not been there for friends when they were at times of anguish. I’ve missed chances to talk / spend time with loved ones who I cherish because I’ve been so caught up in ‘what I’ve got to do’ in life. It leaves me with a huge sense of guilt and also one of frustration that that’s how my life is, and that I can’t get out of it.

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Above the Water - Paul Hawksworth

V1

Can you see me racing round

My head is spinning

Wrapped up, in things that, weigh me down

My mind is busy

Caught in a whirlpool, I’m trapped in this ride

I’m going under, I can’t fight the tide

Been going missing all the time

I’m losing sight, I’m asking

What is even wrong or right,

Is this even living

Where’s my perspective I’m lost in this life

I’m stuck in the net and there’s no getting out

Pre

I’m weighed down

Washed out

I’m done with this I’ve had enough

Ch

I’m calling out, I’m swimming hard

To keep my head above the water

I can’t keep up, I can’t hold on

It’s like the light is fading from me

I’m just caught, I’m just stuck

Losing where I need to be in life

I’m calling out, I’m swimming hard

to keep my head above the water

V2

Maybe I could step right back

And see so clearly

Slow it, stop it, get back on track

If I really need it but

This race that I’m running just goes on and on

There’s one way I’m going if I just don’t stop

Pre

I’m tied down

Worn out

I’m done with this I’ve had enough

Ch

I’m calling out, I’m swimming hard

To keep my head above the water

I can’t keep up, I can’t hold on

It’s like the light is fading from me

I’m just caught, I’m just stuck

Losing where I need to be in life

I’m calling out, I’m swimming hard

to keep my head above the water

Br

Will it always be like this

The river keeps running and the race goes on

Do you ever feel like this

When the tide keeps coming and you can’t go on

Ch

I’m calling out, I’m swimming hard

To keep my head above the water

I can’t keep up, I can’t hold on

It’s like the light is fading from me

I’m just caught, I’m just stuck

Losing where I need to be in life

I’m calling out, I’m swimming hard

to keep my head above the water

I’m calling out, I’m swimming hard

to keep my head above the water

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