Floating
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Song Notes:
"That sort of quiet desperation at the end of a relationship when nothing's really making sense and I sort of had the image of William Holden at the beginning of Sunset Boulevard in my head, and I'd always sort of related to that character floating in that pool. I was always hoping for the opportunity to play the gigolo for some wealthy woman. This is a song about identifying with that sort of compromised existence."
- Greg Keelor
Lyrics
These late night conversations
Leave a strange taste
Like French cigarettes
And these coloured drinks
That you keep on throwing at me
Just keep on reminding me
That I came to forget
So now every night
You insist on reminding me
Of my lost possibilities
And the stains on the wall
Well I don't mean to complain
Still it hurts just the same
And both of us know the leaves will fall on their own
Just throw me a line
That's all that I ask
It's sink or swim and I'm going fast
I need love and it's you
And I feel like William Holden floating in a pool
Yeah you tell me
Life is for living
It's best in the giving
But it's so hard to be free
Still I do my best
But you refuse my gift
Now all we share is a collection of tears
Just throw me a line
That's all that I ask
It's sink or swim and I'm going fast
I need love and it's you
And I feel like William Holden floating in a pool
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