Sway

Artist: Sway
Song: Bic Runga


Don't stray, don't ever go away
I should be much too smart for this
You know it gets the better of me
Sometimes when you and I collide
I fall into an ocean of you
Pull me out in time don't let me drown, let me down
I say it's all because of you

And here I go, losing my control
I'm practising your name so I can say it to your face
It doesn't seem right to look you in the eye
And let all the things you mean to me
Come tumbling out my mouth
Indeed it's time, tell you why
I say it's infinitely true

[CHORUS]
Say you'll stay, don't come and go like you do
Sway my way, yeah, I need to know all about you

And there's no cure and no way to be sure
Why everything's turned inside out
Instilling so much doubt
It makes me so tired, I feel so uninspired
My head is battling with my heart, my logic has been torn apart
And now it all turns sour
Come sweeten my every afternoon

[CHORUS]
Say you'll stay, don't come and go like you do
Sway my way, yeah, I need to know all about you
Say you'll stay, don't come and go like you do
Sway my way, yeah, I need to know all about you
It's all because of you, it's all because of you

And now it all turns sour
Come sweeten my every afternoon

It's time, tell you why
I say it's infinitely true

[CHORUS]
Say you'll stay, don't come and go like you do
Sway my way, yeah, I need to know all about you
Say you'll stay, don't come and go like you do
Sway my way, yeah, I need to know all about you
It's all because of you, it's all because of you
It's all because of you

Been listening to this song religiously for the past week. Ever since I stopped by Melissa's blog. (Haha. She's got one hell of a playlist there and it's been doubling up as my early morning jukebox. The one I use when I'm getting ready for work. =p)


I've always liked this song. Even before it hit its prime during those American Pie days. I think I like it cos it's different. And because it's emo. And also because it's a different kind of emo. You know? Plus, I like the way it seems like the singer's just talking in melodic tones. (Chorus aside.) Bottom line is that it's just very different lah. And Bic Runga's voice is just so crazy-hypnotic throughout. Sigh. Love it.

"And there's no cure and no way to be sure
Why everything's turned inside out
Instilling so much doubt
It makes me so tired, I feel so uninspired
My head is battling with my heart
My logic has been torn apart"

I feel like my whole world's upside down right now. Everything's just not the way it should be. It's been spinning weird. Off its axis. And now everything's topsy-turvy. Inside out. And this state of disequilibrium is making me want to gag and puke my insides out.


Holding back the vomit and swollowing the effects of my gag reflex is tiring me out. Mentally, physically and emotionally. I don't know how much more of this I can take. And I don't know how much longer I can hold on. Because my grip is slipping. It is. In spite of my best efforts, it's slipping. And it makes me wonder if somehow, secretly... deep down inside, I actually want to let go. That I want to fall. And that I want to crash. And end it all. Because it's easier that way. I wonder.

"Pull me out in time don't let me drown, let me down"