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Words
Verse 1
Seven pounds and a fist like a knock at the door
Cork on a Tuesday, rain doing what rain does
Your mother rang me at half past four
Said your name twice, like she was learning a word
I was stacking floats in an empty hall in Gdynia
And I sat down on the bench and I cried, so there
Pre-Chorus
I have taught two hundred children not to fear the water
So let me give you the first thing I know
Nobody starts out able to float
Chorus
The deep end can wait, little one, it can wait
Come to it slowly, hold the rail, take your time
Everyone here was frightened of it once
And every single one of us learned
Verse 2
You'll be handed to strangers and photographed badly
You'll be told you have your grandfather's chin
You'll hate your own name for a year at about twelve
And then it will fit you like it always did
There's a whole loud country outside that window
It is in no hurry, and neither are you
Chorus
The deep end can wait, little one, it can wait
Come to it slowly, hold the rail, take your time
Everyone here was frightened of it once
And every single one of us learned
Bridge
I'm the friend who lives on the other sea
I'll send you words you can't read yet
One day you'll ask, and I'll say: exactly this, only quieter
Outro
Hold the rail, take your time
The deep end can wait
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