When I Died

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 riptide When I died When I died Yeah when I died My head did swell I said to myself Nature should take its sweet time I was already losing my spine I was sick with ? and 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 should take its sweet time I was already losing, yeah!, my spine 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 should take its sweet time I was already losing, yeah!, my spine --- When I Died - The Thermals