Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef
Baby your a big blue whale
Grab the reef when all duck diving fails
I swim but I wish I've never learned
The water's too polluted with germs
it's his downward spiral into his addiction. "I swim but I wish I've never learned" - no addict wants to be a junkface, you start something off and before you know it your life is being run by it and "the water's too polluted with germs" simply refers to the lifestyle that comes with this problem.
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