Hands in the Undertow

(Verse 1 – low, strained)

Black water lungs, I’m choking on the silence

Every breath tastes like a war I already lost

Teeth clenched tight just to keep me from crying

Heartbeat dragging like a body I can’t toss

I’ve been sinking in the echo of your ghost

Every shadow’s got a knife against my throat

(Pre-Chorus – building)

I was inches from the bottom, letting go…

(Chorus – explosive, screamed/sung)

I’M DROWNING IN THE DARK AGAIN

CAN’T FIND WHERE THE FUCK I END

WEIGHT OF THE WORLD IN MY CHEST—CAVING IN

BUT THEN YOUR HAND CUT THROUGH THE VOID

LIKE A LIGHT I CAN’T DESTROY

YOU DRAG ME UP, YOU MAKE ME BREATHE AGAIN

(Verse 2 – melodic but raw)

Cold skin, numb veins, I was fading to nothing

Every second felt like sinking in stone

I made peace with the demons I was becoming

Built a grave out of a heart I don’t own

Then your voice hit like a crack in the deep

Said “don’t you dare give up on me”

(Pre-Chorus – rising tension)

I was ready just to disappear…

(Chorus – bigger, layered)

I’M DROWNING IN THE DARK AGAIN

CAN’T FIND WHERE THE FUCK I END

WEIGHT OF THE WORLD IN MY CHEST—CAVING IN

BUT THEN YOUR HAND CUT THROUGH THE VOID

LIKE A LIGHT I CAN’T DESTROY

YOU DRAG ME UP, YOU MAKE ME BREATHE AGAIN

(Breakdown – screamed, heavy)

I WAS SIX FEET DOWN IN MY OWN HEAD

DIGGING MY GRAVE WITH EVERY WORD YOU SAID

BUT YOU—YOU RIPPED THE NIGHT WIDE OPEN

PULLED ME OUT BEFORE I BROKE AND—

(half-time)

I felt the air hit my lungs like fire

Pain never felt so much like life

(Bridge – soft, emotional clean vocals)

You’re the spark in the blackout

The pulse when I flatline

The reason I’m still here

When I should’ve died

I was gone… I was gone…

But you wouldn’t let me fade

(Final Chorus – massive)

I WAS DROWNING IN THE DARK AGAIN

NOW I KNOW WHERE THE FUCK I END

NOT IN THE GRAVE THAT WAS CAVING IN

YOUR HAND STILL PULLS ME THROUGH THE VOID

YOU’RE THE LIGHT I CAN’T DESTROY

YOU DRAG ME UP—

(Outro – raw, fading scream)

AND I BREATHE…

I FUCKING BREATHE AGAIN.