I feed from the bottom; you feed from the top
I live upon morsels you happen to drop
And coffee that somehow leaks out of your cup
If nothing comes down, then I'm forced to swim up
On the way upwards, the colors come back
But all along the bottom is blue, grey, and black
The darkness is cold, and perception goes wrong,
And the night seems to go on incredibly long

So I ask you why, if I'm swimming by,
Don't you see anything you'd like to try?

Pantomime mixtures of heaven and earth,
Jumbled events that have less than no worth
Time in the forest to dig under rocks
Or float in the ocean asleep in a box
Or sink just below all the churning and froth
And swim to the light source, or fly like a moth
So toss away stuff you don't need in the end,
But keep what's important, and know who's your friend

So I ask you why, if I'm swimming by,
Don't you see anything that you'd like to try?

If I'm swimming by?

From the bottom, from the top
From the top, from the bottom

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