Track 5 on “Blue Screen Life”
Inspired by Zach Smith’s Goldfish, Penelope, who would never make it to the bottom of the bowl without much struggle. She had either swallowed too much air and would expel it in a day and would be fine, or is a victim of dropsy, a disease fish can get where their lungs...
Oh Penelope
Are you filled with air
Swallowed oxygen
That makes you float up?
Is it Dropsy?
Will your lungs swell?
It's depressing me
To see you struggle
Oh Penelope
Are you filled with air
Swallowed oxygen
That makes you float up?
Is it Dropsy?
Will your lungs swell?
It's depressing me
To see you struggle
I'm treading water with my oars
Glass galleons anchored, ocean floors
I'm diving down with all my gear
In search of treasure, para me corazon
Take you to the forest
Let you feel the raindrops falling down
Seeping through your red scales
Eliminate the faucet
Eliminate the need for water
And replace it with a safe shell
Don't wanna see you floating upside down
On the top of the bowl when I
Come around to visit you
Don't wanna see you floating upside down, no girl
Need you there, need you there, need you there
Ooh, release that air
I'm treading water with my oars
Glass galleons anchored, ocean floors
I'm diving down with all my gear
In search of treasure, para me corazon
Take you to the forest
Let you feel the raindrops falling down
Seeping through your red scales
Eliminate the faucet
Eliminate the need for water
And replace it with a safe shell
If they summon the rains now
Are you gonna rise?
If they summon the rains now
Are you gonna rise?
Penelope was written by Rob Crow & Armistead Burwell Smith IV.
Penelope was produced by Rob Crow & Armistead Burwell Smith IV.