(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)
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I know what I wanted
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I know what I wanted
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I know how I wanted this to be
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You go down to the water
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Drink down of the water
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Walk up off the water, leave it be
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This is not my time, sister
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It is cold in heaven
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And I'm not sprouting wings
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I'm drowning
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Me
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I'm drowning
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Me, yeah
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Brother can you see those birds?
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They don't look to heaven
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They don't need religion, they can see
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They go down to the water
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Drink down on the water
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Fly up off the water, leave it be
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This is not my time, sister
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It is cold in heaven
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And no one's coming after me
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(chorus)
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I'm drowning
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Breathing ourselves
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Me, yeah
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Breathing ourselves
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I'm drowning
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Breathing ourselves
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Me, yeah
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You know I am tired
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Cold and bony tired
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Nothing's gonna save me, I can see
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I can't say I'm fearful
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I can't say I'm not afraid
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But I am not resisting, I can see
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I don't need a heaven
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I don't need religion
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I am in the place where I should be
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I am breathing water
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I am breathing water
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You know a body's got to breathe
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(repeat chorus 2x)
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Undertow
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| R.E.M. |
