Rapture Of The Deep

you're out
on the ocean
and you get
pulled down
freefall
to the bottom
like when
you're drowning
or falling asleep
you get
turned around
and when
you think
you're swimming
to the surface
you're swimming
straight down
down to the bottom
all the way
to the bottom

secret codes
and cryptograms
i'm lost in your words
i'm swimming
we're going down to the bottom
all the way to the bottom
rapture of the deep

i got your letter
i couldn't read it
it was a cryptogram
did it say take me with you
or take me as i am?
we're going down to the bottom
all the way to the bottom
we get turned around
there is another world spinning inside of this one

--laurie anderson (from "freefall")