Keeping Oceans in a Room

[Verse 1 — liquid synth, pulsing bass]
I change the water, measure out the light
Keep every little current running right
You only notice one green cloud
Not the thousand times I cleared it out

[Pre-Chorus — close harmonies]
My garden dries beyond the glass
I watch my own seasons pass

[Chorus — elastic melody]
I'm keeping oceans in a room
So nothing fragile meets its doom
You ask for blue, then ask for more
And see one stain upon the floor
I want to shatter all this blue
But little lives are swimming through
(Swimming through, swimming through)

[Verse 2 — broken-beat]
I wake to pumps; I sleep to drains
My own small world goes dry again

[Bridge — quiet, exposed voice]
A broken tank would wash us clean
And drown the things that trust in me

[Outro — layered refrain]
So I hold the glass and lose the sea
Who keeps a little water left for me?