[Verse 1]
Everyone keeps asking, “Do you need a hand?”
I nod because it’s easier than making them understand
There’s a pressure in my chest no sentence can contain
I watch their mouths move slowly through the blue again
[Pre-Chorus]
I have a thousand answers
None of them will reach the air
[Chorus]
I’m underwater, calling through the glass
You see me moving, but you don’t see me gasping back
I can’t speak underwater
I can’t breathe underwater
If I could tell you what I need
I’d tell you not to leave me here alone with me
[Verse 2]
The room becomes a shoreline I can never quite arrive
Every question pulls me deeper, every “fine” keeps me alive
I hold my hands together so nobody sees them shake
I wear a calm expression like a promise I can’t make
[Pre-Chorus]
I have a thousand answers
They dissolve before they’re there
[Chorus]
I’m underwater, calling through the glass
You see me moving, but you don’t see me gasping back
I can’t speak underwater
I can’t breathe underwater
If I could tell you what I need
I’d tell you not to leave me here alone with me
[Bridge]
Don’t ask me for the perfect words
Don’t wait until I make it worse
Sit beside the silence
Keep your hand where I can find it
I may not be able to say your name
But I still know the shape of being saved
[Final Chorus]
I’m underwater, but I’m reaching for the glass
Stay long enough to see me, stay until the pressure passes
I can’t speak underwater
I can’t breathe underwater
If I can’t explain what I need
Just stay close enough to help me breathe
[Outro]
Everyone keeps asking if I need help
I finally let the question mean something else