The Crawler

Am Dm Am Andrea and me, we went swimming last Monday Dm Am E Am Swimming last Monday in a community pool Am Dm Am I refused to remove my suit in the shower Dm Am E Am Scared that someone might see the scars on my soul Dm Am That this autumn left on me Am Dm Am A community swimming pool, it's like a society Dm Am E Am Twenty people swimming in a line, making room for everyone Dm Am We work hard to get along Dm Am And then he comes along, the crawler Dm Am He doesn't see anyone else, the crawler Dm C E He jumps in in the middle lane and waves his crawling arms Am Dm C E Visibly damaging the swimming quality for everyone else Am Dm The crawler believes because he knows crawling C E He gets to crawl over everyone else Am Dm "People who breaststroke and can't keep up C E They should start crawling themselves" Am So says the crawler Am Dm Am Andrea and me, we swam after each other Dm Am E Am After each other in the community pool Am Dm Am I'm not good at talking while exercising Dm Am E Am If you say something funny, Andrea, I'll drown Dm Am My arms in the water get number and number Dm Am For every second here I grow stronger Dm Am Dm E We're in a line, twenty people, we try to get along E Am I love how we get along Dm Am But the crawler keeps crawling, forcing the water Dm Am Building forts of waves that hit our faces Dm Am Us twenty, we gather around the crawler Dm E We push his face under water E And we wait Am E Am We wait for the waves to slow down