Gills & Tails...

When I first heard this song, I immediately fell in love with it. It's by one of my favorite artists, Amel Larrieux, on her most recent release called Morning.

At the time I was going thru a profound depression and I could completely feel the lyrics to this song. I used to listen to it over and over again and it soothed me in my despair. I felt I needed to share it with the readers of this blog since she's not a mainstream artist and I'm sure most haven't heard this song. I think it's a track that any woman can completely identify with at one time or another.

I wasn't able to find a way to attach the song to my blog, so I'll send you to Amel's myspace page to listen to the song.

I've attached the lyrics below. I hope you enjoy the song and I would love to know what you think about it!

Gills & Tails:
I looked at my reflection in the water
Thought what an unlikely pair
Closed my eyes, held my breath, plummeted down,down,down
And anchored myself there

Can't tell how long I've been
In the company of gills and tails
I think I feel my skin
Growing scales

chorus
Can I come up for air
Can I come up, can come up
(repeat 3x)

I'm gettin' eaten up down here
I'm just not built like them
The big fish have a monopoly
The little fish get buried in the sand

This here world I'm in
Sucks your life out, leaves you comatose
Take back your salt and fins
Send me a lifeboat

chorus

I look up with longing at the surface
Hypnotized by the way the sunlight seems to ride each ripple
And they do a dance
Every ray becomes a beckoning hand
I miss the sweet taste of oxygen
I mistook this for the promised land

chorus