Mermaid - Children Within

I breathe the same air as you do

Though my lungs drown in water

You will survive

When like a fish, you dive

You we’re born to a life

On a sunken island

A once so proud countryside

Is silent

They don’t believe me

We’ve got saltwater in our eyes

To prove our true nature

With a thirst too hard to slake

It’s not enough with the deepest well

I breathe the same air as you do

Though my lungs drown in water

You will survive

When like a fish, you dive

I have the same need as you have

Need an endless horizon

To keep the mood

And save me from the prude

I’m a sailor on a ship

That’s always sinking

From time to time

You’ve got me thinking

That I should be the first mate

Now I’m floating next to you

Hoping for a quick rescue

And I’m happy with myself

I feel relaxed and it’s getting late

I breathe the same air as you do

Though my lungs drown in water

You will survive

When like a fish, you dive

I have the same need as you have

Need an endless horizon

To keep the mood

And save me from the prude