Undertow Lyrics

 Suzanne Vega
 
 I believe right now if I could
 I would swallow you whole
 I would leave only bones and teeth
 We could see what was underneath
 And you would be free then
 
 Once I thought only tears could make us free
 Salt wearing down to the bone
 Like sand against the stone
 Against the shoreline
 
 I am friend to the undertow
 I take you in, I don't let go
 And now I have you
 
 I wanted to learn all the secrets
 From the edge of a knife
 From the point of a needle
 From a diamond
 From a bullet in flight
 I would be free then
 
 I am friend to the undertow
 I take you in, I don't let go
 And now I have you
 
 I wanted to see how it would feel
 To be that sleek
 And instead I find this hunger's
 Made me week
 
 I believe right now if I could
 I would swallow you whole
 I would leave only bones and teeth
 We could see what was underneath
 And you would be free then
 
 I am friend to the undertow
 I take you in, I don't let go
 And now I have you
 
 I am friend to the undertow
 I take you in, I don't let go
 And now I have you