Sink or Swim (feat. Phil Dickey)

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Still don't know if I'll sink or swim
Still fighting for scraps and a direction
Wondering what will carry me on
Tell me how will I get along?

Watching the ways that a road can be paved
From the other side of the equation
I've got to believe that I'll make it through
But I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

I'm giving everything that I've got
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.
We will discover if we've got it or not
You'll never find out if you don't jump in.
The water's deep and the temperatures hot
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.

Wondering how to assemble this life
I've got all the parts but no instructions
Working against father time and my mind
As I'm walking through this jungle blind

Looking ahead and I don't see a path
But I see visions of a destination
Wandering forth as if I know the way
To the place in my mind of exaltation

I'm giving everything that I've got
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.
We will discover if we've got it or not
You'll never find out if you don't jump in.
The water's deep and the temperatures hot
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.

I keep mining for the message
For the way that feels to be true
I'm not able to decipher
Tell me what should I do?
'Cause what you see
And what you are
What you can be
Are not so far
As they might seem
Like a lucid dream

I'm giving everything that I've got
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.
We will discover if we've got it or not
You'll never find out if you don't jump in.
The water's deep and the temperatures hot
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.
I'm gonna find out if I sink or swim.

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from Sink or Swim, released February 14, 2023
Phil Dickey: Vocals, backup vocals
John O'Hallaron: Vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums, bass, mixing, mastering, artwork

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