Laura Marling - "Alas, I cannot swim."

[ilymandias]

"There's a house across the river, but alas, I cannot swim,
And a garden of such beauty that the flowers seem to grin.
There's a house across the river, but alas, I cannot swim.
I'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in.

There's a boy across the river with short black curly hair,
He wants to be my lover, and I want to be his peer.
There's a boy across the river but alas, I cannot swim,
And I never will get to put my arms around him.

There's a life across the river that was meant for me,
Instead I live my life in constant misery.
There's a life across the river but I do not see
Why I should please those that will never be pleased.

There is gold across the river but I don't want none,
There is gold across the river but I don't want none.

Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun.
(Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle, gold is fun.)

There is gold across the river, but I don't want none.
I would rather be dry than held up by a golden gun,

Saying work more and we'll live more, have more fun.
Saying work more and we'll live more, have more fun.
Saying work more and we'll live more, have more fun."

It's where I am, but not how I want it to be.