Swimmers

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Much like “Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl” from the previous album, You Forgot It In People, “Swimmers” is a song sung by Metric’s Emily Haines about the perils and… Read More

Oct. 4, 20051 viewer

Swimmers Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was
Waiting for you
I was
Standing around
I was
Getting older
I was
Going down

[Chorus]
If you always get up late, you'll never be on time
If you always make it after work
Ba ba dadada
After work

[Verse 2]
Oh, the day never comes
And I stand up
Waiting on
I saw you down there, I know you were tired
I saw you, you looked like a swimmer

[Bridge]
I want to be with you
All of the time
Why can't you satisfy?
You look good
But you sound better
You were the best I had

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[Chorus]
If you always get up late, you're never going to be on time
If you always get up late, you're never going to be on time
And that's a shame
Because I like you
I never see you

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Much like “Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl” from the previous album, You Forgot It In People, “Swimmers” is a song sung by Metric’s Emily Haines about the perils and difficulties of growing up.

Whereas “Anthems” is universally understood to be from the point of view of one’s younger, past self talking to their older, present self, “Swimmers” is about a partner or close friend with whom the speaker has grown apart over time due to the subject’s difficulty in adjusting to a new, adult lifestyle.