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Lyrics
SWIM
Swim, swim Water falling off your skin Swim, swim I could spend a lifetime watching you Swim, swim This is how it all begins Swim, swim I just wanna dive, I just wanna dive
Bad world Gone away and I still wake up in this mad world Name a place that I could breathe on this map, world Lookin’ like a goody goody in this bad world, bad world Don’t know how to act, girl I’m in the deep, tell me where the hell you at, girl? Oh, you ain’t even gotta love me bad, girl You know that I’m never holdin’ back, girl
Yeah So easy, don’t make it so hard Nights like these, I just wanna get lost Right here with the moon and the sharks I ain’t gotta think ’bout a thing, baby, I just Swim, swim Water falling off your skin Swim, swim
I could spend a lifetime watching you Swim, (Swim) swim (Swim) This is how it all begins Swim, swim I just wanna dive, I just wanna dive Water, water so deep, water so deep Take it off the ground, I ain’t never gettin’ cold feet Yeah, you know me, yeah, you know me
Sittin’ on the shore, now I’m ready for the whole sea I can feel the high waves comin’ Why you run away? You can run in Salt on my tongue, she’s stunnin’ (Oh) You’re the only place that I wanna be Yeah Swim, swim Water falling off your skin
Swim, swim I could spend a lifetime watching you Swim, (Swim) swim (Swim) This is how it all begins Swim, swim I just wanna dive, I just wanna dive Splash, drift I make waves with my two fins
Splash, drip I just wanna take it across the line Under here we don’t chase the time Baby, everything can’t be so sad (Sad) Turn my face from the land I just wanna dive, I just wanna dive Swim, swim Water falling off your skin
Swim, swim I could spend a lifetime watching you Swim, (Swim) swim (Swim) Let it all begin Swim, swim I just wanna dive, I just wanna dive
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About this track
"SWIM" is a song by BTS from the album ARIRANG, released in 2026. The song was written by Derrick Milano, James Essien, Jamison Baken, Kirsten Spencer, Pdogg, RM, Ryan Tedder, Sean Foreman, Tyler Spry. It was produced by Leclair, Tyler Spry.
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Contributors
- Bryce Bordone— 981 credits as assistant mixing engineer →
- James Essien— 41 credits as songwriter →
- Jung Kook (정국)— 467 credits as songwriter & producer →
- Tyler Spry— 450 credits as songwriter & producer →
- Leclair— 26 credits as producer →
- Derrick Milano— 176 credits as songwriter & producer →
- James Essien— 41 credits as songwriter →
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