Here Are the Lyrics to BTS’ ‘SWIM’

BTS‘ certainly made a splash with “SWIM,” the lead single from their seventh studio album ARIRANG. The 2026 LP was the K-pop group’s first record after they announced they would be taking an indefinite break in 2022 for the members to complete their mandatory military service.

In true BTS fashion, the new album and lead single topped the charts immediately upon release. “SWIM” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and ARIRANG did the same on the Billboard 200. Seven must be the band’s lucky number, as ARIRANG was their seventh album and seventh Billboard 200 No. 1 while “SWIM” was their seventh Hot 100 chart-topper.

Below are the lyrics to BTS’ “SWIM.”

Swim, swim
Water falling off your skin
Swim, swim
I could spend a lifetime watching you
Swim, swim
This is how it all begins
Swim, swim
I just wanna dive
I just wanna dive

Bad world
Gone away, I still wake up in this mad world
Name a place that I could breathe on this map, world
Lookin’ like a goody, goody in this bad world, bad world
Don’t know how to act, girl
I’m in the deep, tell me where the hell you at, girl?
Oh, you ain’t even gotta love me back, girl
You know that I’m never holdin’ back, girl, yeah

So easy
Don’t make it so hard
Nights like these, I just wanna get lost
Right here with the moon and the sharks
I ain’t gotta think ’bout a thing, baby, I just

Swim, swim
Water falling off your skin
Swim, swim
I could spend a lifetime watching you
Swim (swim), swim (swim)
This is how it all begins
Swim, swim
I just wanna dive
I just wanna dive

Water, water so deep
Water so deep
Take it off the ground
I ain’t never gettin’ cold feet
Yeah, you know me
Yeah, you know me
Sittin’ on the shore
Now I’m ready for the whole sea
I can feel the high waves comin’ (yeah)
Why you run away? You can run in (yeah)
Salt on my tongue, she’s stunnin’ (yeah)
You’re the only place that I wanna be, yeah

Swim, swim
Water falling off your skin
Swim, swim
I could spend a lifetime watching you
Swim (swim), swim (swim)
This is how it all begins
Swim, swim
I just wanna dive
I just wanna dive

Splash (splash), drift (drift)
I make waves with my two fins (two fins)
Splash (woo), drip (drip)
I just wanna take it across the line
Under here, we don’t chase the time
Baby, everything can’t be so sad (so sad)
Turn my face from the land
I just wanna dive
I just wanna dive

Swim, swim
Water falling off your skin
Swim, swim
I could spend a lifetime watching you
Swim (swim), swim (swim)
Let it all begin
Swim, swim
I just wanna dive
I just wanna dive