its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
It's in her head, it's in her mind
She can't believe it
Can't believe she's running out of time
And any hold that she can find
Something to lean on
Everybody fails her half the time
Nothing to be
She's already been
Oh, in plenty of time
Plenty of time
Plenty of time
She lights her candle, six A.M.
Starting a new one
Every new one hits her just the same
Just like clock work
She climbs down into her bottle
Yeah, and no one down there cares to know her name
She's underwater, nowhere now
She's underwater, upside down
The rising tide won't find her now
She's lost and found
Underwater
She's underwater
She's underwater, but she won't drown
She can't believe it
And everyone she meets feels just the same
It takes all day to get to tonight
What makes the sunset
And what makes it go back to where it came
Nothing to be
She's already been
In plenty of time
Plenty of time
Plenty of time
She's underwater, nowhere now
She's underwater, upside down
The rising tide won't find her now
She's lost and found
Now she's upside down
Now she's six feet down
Underwater
Underwater
Underwater
She can't believe it
Can't believe she's running out of time
And any hold that she can find
Something to lean on
Everybody fails her half the time
Nothing to be
She's already been
Oh, in plenty of time
Plenty of time
Plenty of time
She lights her candle, six A.M.
Starting a new one
Every new one hits her just the same
Just like clock work
She climbs down into her bottle
Yeah, and no one down there cares to know her name
She's underwater, nowhere now
She's underwater, upside down
The rising tide won't find her now
She's lost and found
Underwater
She's underwater
She's underwater, but she won't drown
She can't believe it
And everyone she meets feels just the same
It takes all day to get to tonight
What makes the sunset
And what makes it go back to where it came
Nothing to be
She's already been
In plenty of time
Plenty of time
Plenty of time
She's underwater, nowhere now
She's underwater, upside down
The rising tide won't find her now
She's lost and found
Now she's upside down
Now she's six feet down
Underwater
Underwater
Underwater
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Underwater Lyrics as written by Jon Hopkins
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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