The Swimmer
Sleater-Kinney * Track #13 On All Hands on the Bad One
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The Swimmer by Sleater-Kinney
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Sleater-KinneyProduced by
John GoodmansonWrited by
Janet Weiss & Carrie Brownstein & Corin TuckerAbout
The closing track from All Hands on the Bad One. The lyrics were written by Carrie Brownstein.
From Brownstein’s memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: “The Swimmer” was inspired by an interview with long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox and the way she described the ocean as being a world in which she fe...
The Swimmer Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The swimmer is so far from the distant shore
The only time she never feels alone
On the land, her body distorts
In the water, lines are true to her mind
[Chorus]
I can hardly see you now
Are you getting closer?
And do you know you're the one?
They will never understand
How washed up you feel on land
The spotlight of the sun, it shines on
[Verse 2]
The swimmer knows she'll never touch the floor
She can float unharmed by murky wars
And the land is as plain as her skin
But the water shines like the star in her mind
[Chorus]
I can hardly see you now
Are you getting closer?
And do you know you're the one?
They will never understand
How washed up you feel on land
The spotlight of the sun, it shines on
The Swimmer Q&A
Who wrote The Swimmer's ?
The Swimmer was written by Janet Weiss & Carrie Brownstein & Corin Tucker.
Who produced The Swimmer's ?
The Swimmer was produced by John Goodmanson.
When did Sleater-Kinney release The Swimmer?
Sleater-Kinney released The Swimmer on Tue May 02 2000.
What did Sleater-Kinney say about "The Swimmer"?
After expanding their musical boundaries with The Hot Rock, the band decided not to worry about what their next album was going to sound like. Tucker explained, “It was so spontaneous […] The songs just kept popping up one after another. We didn’t really talk about anything. It just kind of happened...