Into the atlantic

as territorial as the world that we live in and it’s said the undertow is grim but now it’s time to swim we’re going into the atlantic into the atlantic you know we’re going down and back in the day when they used to hunt for witches they’d need to see if they’d float or they would drown before they burned them down we’re going into the atlantic into the atlantic you see we’re going down bodies in suits with feet dipped in cement raw sewage and seagull excrement exploding mines and fishing lines and rusty bits of tins animal waste and empty bottles of gin and the r.m.s. titatic we’re going into the atlantic into the atlantic you see we’re going down as soon as you put your foot in the water your descent is started the bulk of the bottom is uncharted but in places there’s lava flowing treasure hunters armed with their tools treasure hunters looking for jewels you try to be easy going but you may just want to fly but you’re down so low you can’t see the sky just a goldfish swimming by so here’s a word to yourself or someone like you you gotta learn to take it on the chin take your towel, and throw it in it’s going into the atlantic into the atlantic you know you’re going down and when it’s time to baptize your own baby just never mind that dorsal fin and throw a little morsel in it’s going into the atlantic into the atlantic your baby’s going down going into the atlantic going into the atlantic your baby’s gonna drown you’re going into the atlantic into the atlantic your baby’s gonna die