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The video opens on a white ceiling with skylights. Then we find the band set up beside an empty indoor swimming pool. Sameer Gadhia, in a white shirt, leans into the microphone and closes his eyes. In between, red ink blooms slowly in a glass tank of water.
Swimmers stand behind a sheet of clear plastic. Green and red ink drift through the tank in mirrored shapes. Yellow joins the red, filling the tank with color. Three speakers rest on a long white table. Swirls of color fill the whole screen. Red grains leap up off a speaker as the music hits. Clear beads of water jump in a shallow dish. Three bottles of blue, red and yellow liquid wait on the table. The band plays on by the pool, Sameer Gadhia out front.
A long-haired bassist plays by the pool. Swimmers in caps float together in the pool. Red grains spill across the table around the speakers. Under the water, swimmers glide past each other. A woman in a swimsuit poses with foam floats. Swimmers cut through the lanes of a pool.
A woman in a swimsuit stands with many arms around her holding colorful floats, like a goddess. The arms holding the floats fan out around her like a wheel. Two men stand beside a swimmer in front of a pink backdrop. A man swings a tennis racket through a cloud of colored powder. Two men play tennis in front of a white wall splattered with color. The powder clears, and two women stand side by side in swimsuits and yellow caps. It is bright, clean and playful, and full of color.
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Life's too short to even care at all, whoa-oh-oh
I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control
Red ink swirls in a glass tank of water.
These fishes in the sea, they're staring at me
Whoa-oh-oh, oh, whoa-oh, oh
A woman in a red swim cap and goggles is seen through plastic sheeting.
A wet world aches for a beat of a drum, oh-whoa oh, oh
If I could find a way to see this straight
Sameer Gadhia sings at a microphone as Young the Giant play beside an indoor pool.
I'd run away to some fortune that
I should have found
Four women in swim caps and goggles sit on the edge of a pool.
By now
I'm waiting for this cough syrup
Water ripples in a dark round tub.
To come down, come down
Life's too short to even care at all, oh-whoa, oh
Synchronized swimmers' legs rise from a pool.
I'm coming up now, coming up now
Out of the blue, oh-oh, oh-oh
People float in a swimming pool.
These zombies in the park, they're looking for my heart
Oh-whoa, oh, whoa-oh, oh
Four swimmers in caps and goggles tread water in a pool.
A dark world aches for a splash of the sun
Oh-whoa oh, oh, oh
Sameer Gadhia sings into a handheld microphone.
If I could find a way to see this straight
I'd run away, to some fortune that
Sameer Gadhia sings into a microphone by an indoor pool.
I should have found
By now
Sameer Gadhia sings as Young the Giant play beside an indoor pool.
And so I run now to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
Sameer Gadhia sings by the pool as the band plays behind him.
I'm waiting for this cough syrup
To come down
Swimmers in caps pose with colorful floats before a white backdrop.
Life's too short to even care at all, oh, whoa-oh
I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control
Sameer Gadhia sings into a microphone as a drummer plays behind him.
If I could find a way to see this straight
I'd run away, to some fortune that
Sameer Gadhia sings as Young the Giant play beside an indoor pool.
I should have found
By now
Sameer Gadhia sings into a microphone in front of the drummer.
So, I run now to the things they said could restore me
Restore life the way it should be
Sameer Gadhia sings into a microphone beside an indoor pool.
I'm waiting for this cough syrup
To come down
A symmetrical swirl of colorful ink.
One more spoon of cough syrup now, oh, whoa-oh
One more spoon of cough syrup now, whoa, oh, whoa
A swimmer stands before a pink backdrop between two men pouring paint.
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