Learning to Swim

"Learning to Swim" is the third track on the 1991 release Lunchbox. It has since been recorded live and subsequently released again in 1992 on Live as Hell. The song was allegedly inspired by a message left by a fan on the band's answering machine asking for advice.

Appearances

Cassettes

• Lunchbox
• Live as Hell
• Refrigerator

Albums

• Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows

Versions

• "Learning to Swim" — Appears on Lunchbox.
• "Learning to Swim" (Live) — Appears on Live as Hell.
• "Learning to Swim" (Live) — Appears on Refrigerator.
• "Learning to Swim" (Remastered mix) — Appears on Lunch Boxes & Choklit Cows.

Lyrics

    i wanna be the fish
    i like the way he swims
    i bend my arms to fins
    ego scales my skin
    i grab a sharp stick
    and i cut my gills
    the water rushes in
    
    i'm too young
    to live this life
    
    i wanna be the fish
    i like the way he swims
    i grab a sharp stick
    i'm too young to live
    inside this life
    
    they want me to stay
    this life I cannot feign