As I swim through the lane where I practice my strokes
I take a look at my set and realize my cuffs are broke
'Cause I've been pushin’ and kickin’ so long, that
Even my coach thinks that my mind is gone
But I ain't never crossed a swimmer that didn't deserve it
Me treated like a failure, you know that's unheard of
You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'
Or you and your teammates might be drenched in chlorine
I really hate to wake up, but I gotta go
As they leap, I see myself on the podium, fool
I'm the Caeleb Dressel the little swimmers wanna be like
On the block in the night, divin’ down the black line

Been spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise
Been spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise

Look at the practice set they got me doin’
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the coach
So I gotta be down with the swim team
Too much flippin’ taperin’ got me chasin' dreams
I’m an olympic obsessed fool with gold medals on my mind
Got my goggles in my palm and a brief on my waist
I'm a hyped up athlete, fly strokin’ monster
And my homies is cool, jumpin’ like sea monsters
Fool, meets ain't nothin' but a weekend away
I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?
I'm in high school now, but will I live to see college?
The way recrutin’s goin' I don't know

Why is it that this sport’s from hell?
‘Cause the pool’s our home where we all dwell

Been spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise
Been spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise


Short course and then long course, long course and then short course
IM after IM, force after force
Everybody's flippin', but half of them ain't swimmin'
It's goin' on at the pool deck, but I know that time is slimmin'
They say I gotta kick, but nobody's here to cheer me
If they can't show some support, how can they see me?
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
I guess they watchin', that's why I know my medal is out of reach, fool!

Been spendin' most their lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise
Been spendin' most their lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise
Keep spendin' most our lives livin' in a swimmer’s paradise

Why is it that this sport’s from hell?
‘Cause the pool’s our home where we all dwell
Why is it that this sport’s from hell?
‘Cause the pool’s our home where we all dwell