Float Lyrics

[Bridge]
Float away
Float away, then come right back to me
Float away
Float away, then come right back to me

[Chorus]
They show you how to swim
Then they throw you in the deep end

Well, I've been learning since
But that doesn't mean I'll, oh
They show you how to swim
Then they throw you in the deep end

Well, I've been learning since
But it doesn't mean I'll float, no, no, oh, no
I won't float

[Outro]
What if I, what if I don't float?
What if I don't float?
I think I'll float
I'll float

I'll float away

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Genius Annotation

Based on lyrical content it can be assumed that “Float” focuses on self-esteem issues. Since a common way of saying someone is sad is by saying they’re “feeling down,” and there are lyrics in which Jesse questions whether or not he’ll float.

It can be assumed that Jesse wants to know if he will be able to maintain a good self-esteem (that is, considering Jesse is referring to floating as the opposite of being or feeling down).

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What does "float" mean in this song?
Genius Answer

In this song, floating is used as a metaphor for being mentally stable.

Is this song about depression?
Genius Answer

I feel like that is a plausible solution, given the text that the narrator is close to drowning in his life while everyone else is swimming, and that even though he knows how to swim, he just can’t. It can be a metaphor for someone who knows how to be happy but just can’t. And the last two lines, about him ‘floating away’ could be that he plans to kill himself.

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