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