Fitting into the overall theme of the album of Carlie leaving Wisconsin for Los Angeles and looking back on it fondly, Fish Out of Water is a narrative about a woman moving to LA to be with Carlie and Carlie’s fears that she won’t fit in and will leave her. Carlie has stated during live shows that t...
[Verse 1]
She filled her car with gasoline
Built up the hope it took to leave
And put it all inside the boxes
That Mitsubishi, summer breeze
Her father sits passenger seat
They've never been out of Wisconsin
So if I hurt you, if I hurt you
[Verse 2]
Park parallel on London street
Breathe in the air we shouldn't breathe
She looks alive, fish out of water
Her hair is red and mine is blue
I laugh at us, she says it's cool
I give the key and then she locks it
So if I hurt you, if I hurt you
[Chorus]
It took some time to understand
This city isn't one you can
But here we are in this apartment
I watch her faces, how they change
I'm so afraid she just might break
A cigarette is all she wanted
[Verse 2]
Park parallel on London street
Breathe in the air we shouldn't breathe
She looks alive, fish out of water
Her hair is red and mine is blue
I laugh at us, she says it's cool
I give the key and then she locks it
So if I hurt you, if I hurt you
[Chorus]
It took some time to understand
This city isn't one you can
But here we are in this apartment
I watch her faces, how they change
I'm so afraid she just might break
A cigarette is all she wanted
[Bridge]
I lay on the couch full of fear
I'm afraid one day you might leave me here
I lay on the couch full of fear
I'm afraid one day you might leave me here
I lay on the couch full of fear
I'm afraid one day you might leave me here
I lay on the couch full of fear
I'm afraid one day you might leave me here
[Outro]
So if I hurt you, if I hurt you
(I lay on the couch full of fear 'cause I'm afraid one day you might leave me here)
If I hurt you, if I hurt you
(I lay on the couch full of fear 'cause I'm afraid one day you might leave me here)
If I hurt you, if I hurt you
(I lay on the couch full of fear 'cause I'm afraid one day you might leave me here)
(I lay on the couch full of fear 'cause I'm afraid one day you might leave me here)
(I lay on the couch full of fear 'cause I'm afraid one day you might leave me here)
Fish Out of Water was written by Carlie Hanson.
Fish Out of Water was produced by Pat Linehan & Dakota Schenumm.
Carlie Hanson released Fish Out of Water on Fri Mar 10 2023.
In this song, I am telling the story of a girl I know. Her name is Samantha. She moved all the way from Wisconsin to Los Angeles to be with the one she loved. She sacrificed so much, moving all the way across the country, leaving everything she’s known behind, for love.
— via Alternative Press