Waterkill Lyrics - Red House Painters

It isn't great tryin' to breathe 

From the bottom of the fate lake 

I feel the vibes as feet of Christ go by 

Large and small and fast they fall 

Under meltin' summer sky 

Prayin' for my dear breath 

Don't want to face my fear of death 

Dredge and fork and dive and fish 

For everyone's best wish 

But still with my eyes and ears 

Without breath, even still 

I like it down here in waterkill 

Without breath, even still 

I like it down here in waterkill 

Separate from the shoal of unserious 

Who fed upon my dwindlin' life 

Robbed what dim and dyin' soul that I might 

Settled in the nervous core 

Days down, recollectin' youth before 

Holdin' my dear self 

Don't want to feel my flesh unfelt 

Slowest tortoise, fastest shark 

I watch from the bottom of the lake dark 

Slowest tortoise, fastest shark 

I watch from the bottom of the lake dark