Sink Back Down

[Verse 1]
Cicadas talking in the heat again
Air so thick it sticks to skin
You say my name like it’s a spell
Like I forgot how deep I fell

River don’t rush, neither do I
I learned the truth by staying alive
You stand there thinking I might bend
But I don’t live where I been

[Chorus]
Sink back down, don’t rise up here
This ground knows what I buried
Sink back down, stay where you lie
I walked out clean, I survived
I don’t circle, I don’t wait
I don’t dance with yesterday
Sink back down
Sink back down

[Verse 2]
Spanish moss on an old regret
Hanging where I left you at
You talk slow, you talk sweet
Same old song, same old need

My feet remember every mile
Every lie dressed up to smile
I don’t hate you, I don’t fight
I just don’t step back into that night

[Chorus]
Sink back down, don’t rise up here
This water don’t forget
Sink back down, don’t reach for me
I’m not who you remember me to be
I don’t circle, I don’t wait
I don’t kneel to yesterday
Sink back down
Sink back down

[Bridge]
Hypnotized ain’t love
It’s just staying too long
I broke the spell when I walked on

[Chorus]
Sink back down, stay in the mud
I crossed that line, I found my blood
Sink back down, don’t call my name
I won’t answer, not the same
I don’t linger, I don’t drown
I learned how to walk out

[Outro]
Moon low, water still
Night knows my will
I don’t turn, I don’t slow
I let the swamp take what I let go

Sink back down.

Slow swamp blues, hypnotic groove, female low , slide guitar, deep bass pulse, minimal drums, trance-like, heavy air