brokenangel1393:

You gotta swim
Swim for your life
Swim for the music
That saves you
When you’re not so sure you’ll survive

You gotta swim
And swim when it hurts
The whole world is watching
You haven’t come this far
To fall off the earth

The currents will pull you
Away from your love
Just keep your head above

I found the tidal wave
Begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets
They fired at me from a gun

With a crack in the armor, yeah
Well, I’d swim for brighter days
Despite the absence of sun
Choking on salt water
But I’m not giving in
I swim

You gotta swim
Through nights that won’t end
You swim for your families,
Your lovers, your sisters,
you brothers, your friends

Yeah you gotta swim
Through wars without a cause
Yeah, we swim for these lost politicians
That don’t see their greed as a flaw

The currents will pull us
Away from our love
We just keep our heads above

I found a tidal wave
Begging to tear down the dawn
Memories like bullets
Still fire at me from a gun

With a crack in my armor -
Now I swim for brighter days
Despite the absence of sun
Still I’m Choking on salt water

But I’m not giving in
No, I’m not giving in
‘Cause I swim

You gotta swim
Swim in the dark
There’s no shame in drifting
Feel the tide shifting and wait for the spark

Yeah, you gotta swim
But don’t let yourself sink
We’ll find the horizon
I promise you it’s not as far as you’d think

The currents will drag us away from our love
Just keep your head above

Just keep your head above
Swim

Just keep your head above
Swim, swim

Just keep your head above
Swim

shebopbop:

Got the idea from etsy. Lyrics printed on old dictionary paper :) (Taken with Instagram)

basselmudarris:

You gotta swim, swim when it hurts.
The whole world is watching; you haven’t come this far to fall off the Earth. 

Done by Eric at Big Joe and Sons Indian Sumrz Ink in Patterson, NY using the fonts from both JM albums.

I think everyone goes through rough times, some with out of the ordinary circumstances, and for me (as well as a gazillion other Jack’s fans), SWIM* got me through it.

[Submitted by  jashcast]

I went through some hard times last year so when Andrew McMahon headed down to Australia on his solo An Evening With… tour earlier this year, I got him to write out this line on an envelope for me. When one of my closest friends (who lives in another country) came down to my city this summer, we both spent a day getting tattooed. 

[Submitted by glitzandclamour]