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**[Intro]**
(Sparse, off-kilter piano, atmospheric drone, polyrhythmic drums enter slowly)
The planks are splitting
And I keep walking
**[Verse 1]**
I see them on the pier every morning
Liars with their lines cast wide
Cheaters with their nets pulled tight
Overfishing, overpricing, undercutting the tide
I put up a sign that said "For free"
Take all that you need
'Til it's gone, 'til it's gone
And discard whom you please
I tried to carry honesty
But the weight of it bent my spine
When no one else around me
Even bothers to try
**[Chorus]**
It's a long walk off a short pier
When your steps are too heavy to steer
The people are smiling, the wood is giving way
And I confuse their deceit for love every day
Anything for a feeling
Anything for a thread
To tether me to the living
Before I'm underfed
**[Verse 2]**
Lying by omission to myself
Is a habit I can't break
I know they're taking what I have
But I let them for goodness' sake
I confuse the taking with the holding
I confuse the theft with the touch
Anything to feel something
Even if it's not that much
**[Bridge]**
(Slowed, atmospheric, almost spoken)
If I carried this dread out past the break
Pushed it over the edge of the wake
I could have been through with it
I could have been through
But no one even bothered to show
No one came to watch me go
So I did what I should have thought through
And I'm still here, still here, still here
**[Chorus]**
It's a long walk off a short pier
When your steps are too heavy to steer
The people are smiling, the wood is giving way
And I confuse their deceit for love every day
**[Outro]**
(Drums drop out, just piano and synth drone)
I'd rather take my chances
In a sad little canoe
Drifting out past the break
With nothing left to prove
Nothing left to prove
Nothing left to prove
(Piano note rings out, silence)
Details
GeneratedJul 2, 2026
Duration4:04
LanguageEnglish
Style
Polyrhythmic drums, atmospheric synths, dark, literary, Female, math rock, sad, instrumental fusion, Spanish Rock, Emo
Credits
Prompt by
extra_unbearable
extra_unbearableModelAria v5.5
