The Bends

You've got to see me in the cold light of day

You gotta see me as I am but that's the only way

But it's often the way when you try to make amends

Come up too fast and you're sure to get the bends

It never ends

I've been diving, deeper than you think

Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink

The long wave return makes it harder to be friends

Come up too fast and you're sure to get the bends

Oh nobody knows, nobody knows

Why we're chained to our first impression

Oh nobody knows, nobody knows

How we're changed by decompression

Look at the crazy people heading for the bay

(You're telling me I'm crazy)

It's a drop in the ocean but we're growing by the day

The long wave returns and it's hard to comprehend

(You realy do amaze me)

Come up too fast and you'll be sure to get the bends

Oh nobody knows, nobody knows

Why we're chained to our first impression

Oh nobody knows, nobody knows

How we're changed by decompression

Look at the crazy people

All heading for the bay

Some keeping it together

Some falling by the way

Way down below the surface

It's easy to pretend

Gotta get up off the seabed

It's time to make amends

People like a river

Flowing to the sea

Making a stand to deliver

A new philosophy

No need to be defensive

When there's nothing to defend

Better make it last, come up too fast

And you're sure to get the bends

It never ends