In Too Deep (Afraid of Me)

I would react badly to the slightest hint of hesitance

He’d bend awkwardly to suit my mood, no word from his defense

I’d cry, my tears like acid, burning through his skin

Pushed every button but the right one to let me in

Her touch is like a tempest, her whisper’s like the sea

She smiles and the water pulls me underneath

Her beauty is a terror, her eyes a hurricane

I drown each time she says my name

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Now he’s afraid of me

I see it in his quiet plea

It took me by surprise

The hatred in his eyes

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I’m overboard and washed out to sea

Drowning in your open arms with other fools like me

Treading water, shipwrecked and free

I could leave but all I know is

I’m in too deep

(You’re afraid of me…)

I’m in too deep

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I made changes that went unnoticed, sang songs for deaf ears

Mistook my silence for punishment — it’s haunted me for years

You fed on the ache, I fed on control

Two ghosts tangled, swallowing whole

No telling where I’m going, I’ve got other ships to see

But your voice is an anchor dragging down in me

I could rise, but I don’t want to be free

This wreck became my home at sea

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(Whispered, layered vocals)

Oh, it took me by surprise

The storm inside your eyes

Every time I tried to save you

You pulled me deeper too

(Instrumental swells: thunder, heartbeat bass, ghostly hums)

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Now we’re overboard and lost at sea

Drowning in each other’s arms with other fools like we

Treading water, shipwrecked and free

I could leave but all I know is—

You’re in too deep

I’m in too deep

You’re afraid of me

And I’m afraid of what we’ll be

(echoed whisper)

“Drowning in your open arms…”

fades out under crashing waves and a final heartbeat