You've gotta swim Swim for your life Swim for the music That saves you When you're not so sure you'll survive You gotta swim And swim when it hurts The whole world is watching You haven't come this far To fall off the earth The currents will pull you Away from your love Just keep your head above
I found a tidal wave Begging to tear down the dawn Memories like bullets They fired at me from a gun A crack in the armor I swim to brighter days Despite the absence of sun Choking on salt water I'm not giving in I swim
You gotta swim Through nights that won't end Swim for your families Your lovers your sisters And brothers and friends Yeah you've gotta swim Through wars without cause Swim for the lost politicians Who don't see their greed as a flaw
The currents will pull us Away from our love Just keep your head above
I found a tidal wave Begging to tear down the dawn Memories like bullets They fired at me from a gun Cracking me open now I swim for brighter days Despite the absence of sun Choking on salt water I'm not giving in Well I'm not giving in I swim
You gotta swim Swim in the dark There's no shame in drifting Feel the tide shifting and wait for the spark Yeah you've gotta swim Don't let yourself sink Just find the horizon I promise you it's not as far as you think The currents will drag us away from our love Just keep your head above Just keep your head above Swim Just keep your head above Swim, swim Just keep your head above Swim
~Jack's Mannequin, Swim, from the album The Glass Passenger~
- write-----to people: your boss, your president, your religious leaders, to the media, your "wakil rakyat" (hah!), to Oprah (well...who knows?), to your children (or grand children), to your lover, to God, or even to yourself. A lot of times people might not pay attention, but the whole universe is watching you know.... BUT don't write on people's heart using grief.
- believe-----in your family, your country, your faith, your angels, your saints, your god, yourself.... BUT don't believe to the calling for sanctity that demands others' life.
- paint------on canvas, on sand,on paper, on glass, on wood, on the walls (wherever you're permitted to do it), on ice.... BUT don't paint on people's heart with blood.
- sing------about your life, your sadness, your happiness, about angels, your family, your faith, your country, your pet, your best friend, your job, your loneliness, about God, your mistake, your achievements, your love, about anything.... BUT don't sing it to my face with terror on your face.
- pray------about absolutely everything.... BUT why need to pray to a god who vouch for hatred?
- light up candles for the night, or fireworks to lit the sky, or firecrackers if you like it louder.... BUT NOT bombs!! because they make the night even darker, the sky even paler, and the world even more silent.
So I write, I believe, I paint, I sing, I pray, I light up candles.... ....for those life who'd been taken mercilessly ....for their families to still take heart ....for you, whoever you who did it, I pray that God forgive your reason, whatever it is.