The Thermals - When I Died lyrics

The Earth was too hot, the air was too thin I took off my clothes, I took off my skin I crawled to the sea that was crawling from me So I could swim... yeah, so I could swim I was sick of the land, I was sick from the heat I was sick of the sun and the sky and the trees Over the air that I needed to breathe When I held with my hands, when I walked on my feet I took off my clothes, I took off my skin Started shedding my arms to start getting my fins Crawled to the sea that was calling for me So I could swim, swim the ocean wide I was only just past the low tide When I died When I died Yeah when I died, my head did swell I said to myself: Nature sure took its sweet time I was already losing my spine I was sick with horror when my curtain fell It's the end of the story I was certain to tell Watching their faces as they pulled me from the sea Feeling for the place I thought my gills would be Busted and wrecked, justly infected, my body beyond repair Had no objection sir, my only questions were Where do I go and will I know when I'm there? But I really couldn't say that I cared When I died When I died Yeah when I died, my head did swell I said to myself: Nature sure took its sweet time I was already losing, yeah! My spine (I was already losing my spine But life was short At least it was short) The Earth was too hot, the air was too thin I took off my clothes, I took off my skin I crawled to the sea that was crawling from me So I could swim... yeah, so I could swim When I died When I died Yeah when I died, my head did swell I said to myself: Nature sure took its sweet time I was already losing, yeah! My spine