Ben Macarell - Swimming Onward Lyrics

There was a time when this was solid ground
A home that I could call my very own
And I wish I hadn't let it pass
But the grass beneath my feet was all I'd known

And now the hills that I have called my home for all my life
Have risen into cliffs I can't begin to climb
I hope that time may put me there again
But it seems my days of hope are at an end

I'm swimming onward forever
For what else can I do?
Either I will find a home
Or I will sink into the gloom

I'm swimming onward forever
I'll push back every wave
'Cause I just don't know what else to do
But maybe someday I might be saved

And now once where there were fields of gold
A mighty ocean's drowned the land below
Even when you see it coming in
You can't foresee the depths of that abyss

But even if the waves recede and land is dry again
The ocean's salt has made the land unarable
I only feel the waves that try to drown me
The thought of one more day becomes unbearable

I'm swimming onward forever
For what else can I do?
Either I will find a home
Or I will sink into the gloom

I'm swimming onward forever
I'll push back every wave
'Cause I just don't know what else to do
But maybe someday I might be saved

But I see on the horizon
A hill of gold and amber
It's seized me like a siren
And on the shore I think I see her

I kick into a fury
And push with all my might
But a mighty bore consumes me with fury
And puts her out of sight

The thought of her is all that I have left
And it's for her that onward I will press

I'm swimming onward forever
For what else can I do?
Either I will find a home
Or I will sink into the gloom

I'm swimming onward forever
I'll push back every wave
'Cause I just don't know what else to do
But maybe someday I might be saved

I'm swimming onward forever
For what else can I do?
Either I will find a home
Or I will sink into the gloom

I'm swimming onward forever
I'll push back every wave
'Cause I just don't know what else to do
But maybe someday I might be saved