Glass walls, bright lights, silent room People passing by like a slow monsoon They point and laugh, they come closer I think they love the things they don't know I swim in circles, always on the same route Every gaze fixed on my back The funny thing about a fish like me Is that I seem free, but they hold the key And every face blends into the blue Just shapes floating before my vision In the aquarium Everyone watches me breathe Through the glass As if my heart were a small exhibition But, just like fish I forget the hands that hurt me So I keep swimming, swimming As if I had nothing to lose But here's the strange biology Of a fragmented memory Three brief seconds, the pain dissipates And I go back to being naive And every face blends into the blue Just shapes floating before my vision In the aquarium Everyone watches me breathe Through the glass As if my heart were a small exhibition But, just like fish I forget the hands that hurt me So I keep swimming, swimming As if I had nothing to lose Maybe that's my tragedy Or maybe mercy has set me free Because if I kept every scar I know This tank would feel like a slow drowning And every face blends into the blue Just shapes floating before my vision In the aquarium Where lonely creatures shine Through the glass again And no one really knows That just like the fish I forget those who use me So I keep swimming, swimming