[Verse 1]
The river’s rising past my mouth,
I’m kicking hard, it’s pulling south.
You reach for me like I’m the shore,
But girl, you know I can’t hold you no more.
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[Chorus – Hook / Chant]
You must save yourself, don’t wait on me,
I’m too far gone, can’t you see?
Save yourself, don’t waste your time on me,
I can’t teach you to swim when I can barely breathe.
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[Verse 2]
Your eyes are thunderstorms I used to chase,
Every glance somehow defies my fate.
You want a cure for your rot, your decay,
But I’m the sickness dissolving you away.
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[Chorus – Bigger, Strings + Riff]
You must save yourself, don’t wait on me,
I’m too far gone, can’t you see?
Save yourself, don’t waste your time on me,
I can’t teach you to swim when I can barely breathe.
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[Verse 3]
I light a joint, smoke pulling down my throat,
To drown the memories while I choke.
No surprise here, yeah, it always ends the same,
I puff my chest, hide my name, just to hide the shame.
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[Bridge – Orchestral Build / Dirty Blues Drop]
Every vow was built on sand,
Every touch a sinking foot a sinking hand.
If love’s a chain, then let it rust—let it break
There’s nothing left here hold for fuck sakes
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[Verse 4 – Final Confession, low and raw]
The morning finds me split in two,
The wreckage whispers good morning I love you
I couldn’t save me, couldn’t save you,
So do the one thing I can’t do—
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[Final Chorus – Explosive / Full Arrangement]
Save yourself, don’t wait on me,
I’m too far gone, why can’t you see?
Save yourself, don’t waste your time on me,
I can’t teach you to swim when I can barely breathe.
Save yourself…
Save yourself.
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[Outro – Whisper / Fade with Guitar Bend + Strings]
I can’t fucking save you,
I can’t fucking save me.
Save yourself. Please
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