Sink Or Swim by Rocky Mountain (written by Alan Burke)

This is a 60's style pop song I wrote, about mental illness and trying to overcome it. #60's music #pop music

Transcript

00:00If you feel like you are drowning in raging water and you can't get out

00:17Someone throwing you a life raft will help you, there is no doubt

00:24Weighted down by life's troubles, you call for help and no one comes

00:32You're suffering with PTSD, making your body and mind so numb

00:39If you want to survive and stay alive, rather than giving in

00:46When adrenaline flows, discard your woes, it's a case of sink or swim

00:53If you want to survive and stay alive, rather than giving in

01:01When adrenaline flows, discard your woes, it's a case of sink or swim

01:08If you're suffering with anxiety, it's like being in water with sharks

01:16The event can be so traumatic, and will surely leave its mark

01:23Like a boat that is full of holes, you bail water but get nowhere fast

01:31But help me be around the corner, so this breath may not be your last

01:38If you want to survive and stay alive, rather than giving in

01:45When adrenaline flows, discard your woes, it's a case of sink or swim

01:52If you want to survive and stay alive, rather than giving in

02:00When adrenaline flows, discard your woes, it's a case of sink or swim

02:07If you want to survive and stay alive, rather than giving in

02:15When adrenaline flows, discard your woes, it's a case of sink or swim

02:20If you want to survive and stay alive, rather than giving in

02:23If you want to survive and stay alive, rather than giving in

02:27When adrenaline flows, discard your woes, it's a case of sink or swim

02:39If you want to survive and stay alive, rather than giving in

02:44When adrenaline flows, discard your woes, it's a case of sink or swim

02:52Or stand your woes, it's a case of sink or swim