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Deep Water

Portishead
Track 7 on Third 

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Jan. 1, 20081 viewer7.2K views

Deep Water Lyrics

[Verse]
I'm driftin' in deep waters
Alone with my self-doubtin' again
I try not to struggle this time
For I will weather the storm

[Chorus]
I gotta remember (Gotta remember)
Don't fight it (Don't fight it)
Even if I (Even if I)
Don't like it (Don't like it)

Somehow turn me around (Somehow turn me around)

[Outro]
No matter how far I drift
Deep waters (Deep waters)
Won't scare me tonight

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Genius Annotation

This faux 1920s song was inspired by Steve Martin in The Jerk.
Guitarist Adrian Utley admitted to Mojo magazine May 2008 that this is the one song on the album that makes him wince as

it’s just too close to The Glee Club."

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