i am a lifeguard
trained to save anyone
i'll come and rescue you
from the dangerous ocean

"save me, i'm drowning!"

i leap from my post
sprinting, then swimming
i'll come to your rescue
when i reach out my hand...

chomp chomp, chomp chomp

my fingers are through
you were a shark
how was i to know?

return to my post
maybe next time i won't make the same mistake

"save me, i'm drowning!"

you aren't so far out
i can make it, i can save you
even with these bandaged hands
something grazes my foot

sting sting, sting sting

tentacles wrapped around
you were a jellyfish
how was i to know?

i am a lifeguard
yet to save anyone
please let me rescue you
from the dangerous ocean

"save me, i'm drowning!"

i pick up my float
with my fingers, legs bandaged
long as i still breathe

crash crash, crash crash

i've gone under too
you were a riptide

save me, i'm drowning!

it's dragging me down
the weight of the ocean
seeps into my injuries
do you think that my struggles
even count for anything?
as a failure of a lifeguard
no one has to save me

laid to rest beneath the sea...