Maya Hawke - Mermaid Bar

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There was no moon, black sky on the night
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I jumped from the bridge toward the river
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I swear, I saw silver star light
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On the water’s surface, a shimmer
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Pounded the pulse, I couldn’t finish
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Didn’t hear a splash or feel the cold
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Was full of bubbles for a minute
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Turned to ice, then cycloid scales of gold
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Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, no
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Turned to ice, then cycloid scales of gold
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Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, no

[Verse 2]
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My lungs deflated,my fingers weaved
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Ribs separated for gills to breath
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Ran my tongue over my sharp new teeth
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Panicked, swimming, collapsed in the reeds
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Taken with the current to the sea
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Tide disrupting desperate dreams
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My belly empty, body weak
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I had no sound, no way to speak
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Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, no
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I had no sound, no way to speak
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Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, no

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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I was close to quiet death again
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When new instincts woke me from the spell
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I killed a diamondback terrapin
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Was most scared of my awful self
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I woke up on cold stones, broken glass
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Winter beach at Long Island’s end
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I found that I could still maneuver
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Slip slide on the sand and the cement
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Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, no
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Slip slide on the sand and the cement
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Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, no

[Verse 4]
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I opened sardine dream mermaid bar
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We serve most oysters and caviar
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Leave your seashells in our tall tip jar
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There are more like me, I swear, there are
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Come for scallops, come to hear our song
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Come if you’re in awful, bad trouble
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Come if you’re certain you don’t belong
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Some that fall, don’t land in bubbles

[Outro]
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‘Cause some that fall, don’t land in bubbles (In bubbles, bubbles)
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Some that fall, don’t land in bubbles
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Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh, no
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Some that fall, don’t land in bubbles (Bubbles, bubbles)
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Some that fall, don’t land in bubbles