Ocean Full of Lies

[Intro]
Water in my lungs
Silence in my throat
Tried to scream your name
All I got was smoke (yeah)
[Verse 1]
You said you’d hold me up
I took your word like air
Now every promise that you made
Is dragging me under here
Tidal waves of broken trust
Salt inside my eyes
You poured sugar on my wounds
So I wouldn’t see the knives
I kept reaching for your hand
Felt your fingers start to slip
You were busy counting sins
While I was losing grip (losing grip)
I’m begging for a shoreline
But all I see is gray
Every truth you never told
Still pulling me away
[Chorus]
I’m drowning in an ocean full of lies and pain
Going under, I can’t breathe your name
Every little word was a poisoned wave
Pulled me deeper, deeper, I can’t escape
I’m drowning in an ocean full of lies and pain
Can’t remember who I was, I changed
Tried to swim to you but you watched me fade
Pulled me deeper, deeper, I can’t escape (yeah)
[Verse 2]
Blue on blue, my vision blurs
Memories like shattered glass
All the “forevers” that you swore
Sink heavy in my chest so fast
You said “trust me, close your eyes”
So I jumped, you let me fall
Now my heartbeat’s beating slow
To the echo of your calls
I keep talking to the waves
Like they’ll ever answer back
Ask them why you let me go
They just spit the truth I lack
Every secret that you hid
Became a stone around my feet
You were smiling on the shore
While I vanished in the deep (so deep)
[Chorus]
I’m drowning in an ocean full of lies and pain
Going under, I can’t breathe your name
Every little word was a poisoned wave
Pulled me deeper, deeper, I can’t escape
I’m drowning in an ocean full of lies and pain
Can’t remember who I was, I changed
Tried to swim to you but you watched me fade
Pulled me deeper, deeper, I can’t escape
[Bridge]
If I make it to the surface
Will I even want the air?
If I wash up on the sunrise
Will you even know I’m there?
You built this sea around my heart
Then you walked away so clean
Now I’m talking to the current
Like it’s you and not a dream (yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m drowning in an ocean full of lies and pain
Going under, I can’t breathe your name
Every little word was a poisoned wave
Pulled me deeper, deeper, I can’t escape
I’m drowning in an ocean full of lies and pain
Can’t remember who I was, I changed
Tried to swim to you but you watched me fade
Pulled me deeper, deeper, I can’t escape (no)
Pulled me deeper, deeper, I can’t escape (can’t escape)

rap, Moody piano-led hip-hop / R&B ballad with male vocals; sparse, melancholic keys over deep, warm bass and tight, slow-bounce drums. Verses in an intimate rap flow, close-mic'd and confessional; chorus opens into melodic singing with stacked harmonies and airy reverb. Subtle vocal chops and distant pads swell in the background for emotional lifts, then pull back to bare piano on the most vulnerable lines., sad, hip hop, r&b