(Intro)
[Sound of bubbles rising in water. A muffled, distorted piano melody.]
(Spoken, whisper:)
I'm drowning...
And I can't catch my breath.
(Verse 1)
[Beat enters - Slow, heavy bass pulse.]
I've been losing pieces of myself for some time.
The joy I once had... hid behind hurt eyes.
(Can't see it no more...)
No one can see it though, 'cause I hide.
My pain, my shame, behind a half-smile.
I'm drowning... and I can't catch my breath.
The song I once had inside...
Is no longer with tone.
(Silence...)
(Chorus)
[ harmonies are eerie and layered.]
I'm LOSING...
Pieces of myself.
(Piece by piece...)
I'm stuck in a sticky mess.
And as hard as I try to get out...
It just sucks me right back up.
(Right back down...)
Bit by bit, I lose another part of me.
The "Oomph" that makes me... ME.
I'm losing.
(Verse 2)
[Beat continues. Minimalist.]
The spark I once had...
Fizzles and drains.
(It's gone...)
I'm drained all over, tired to the bone.
My soul's been heavy with worry and guilt.
And the God who's been there all along...
Is quiet.
(So quiet...)
Why is He quiet?
(Bridge)
[Music stops. Just a single high synth note.]
(Spoken, emotional:)
I'm drowning.
I can't find the surface.
I can't find the sound.
Where did the song go?
(Chorus)
[Big swell of sound! Distorted bass!]
I'm LOSING!
Pieces of myself!
I'm stuck in a sticky mess!
And as hard as I try to get out...
It just sucks me right back up!
Bit by bit, I lose another part of me.
The "Oomph" that makes me... ME.
I'm losing.
(Outro)
[Music fades back to the underwater sound.]
The God who's been there all along...
Is quiet.
(Whisper:) Quiet.
(Song ends.)
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