[Intro] [Spoken, raw, fragile, voice breaking, close mic] You don’t know how much you…love someone until their life is threatened [Verse 1] [Slow, agonizingly bare piano notes, weeping electric guitar far in the background] My phone buzzes, I'm terrified to look at the screen Reading paragraphs of things that they didn't mean Or maybe they did, maybe this is the end Another ghost story about a lost-cause friend They told me last night they won't see the light of day And I just sat in silence 'cause I didn't know what to say How do you save someone from drowning in their own head When your own lungs are filling up with water instead? [Chorus] [Emotional, raspy, fragile falsetto, heart-wrenching delivery] And it's not too late, or at least that's what they lie and say While we're both slowly rotting away day by day They said they're gonna die, and my chest just caves in I'm losing my pulse trying to save my best friend And I'm staring at the floor, wondering what's the use If I cut the rope, do I tighten up the noose? I'm so tired of fighting, so tired of the pain Just washing away in the cold, black rain... [Verse 2] [Piano stops, quiet static hiss, intimate close vocals] I look at my hands and I think about blood All the times we tried to rise above the mud Now they're packing up their things, saying their goodbyes And I see the final curtain falling in their eyes And it scares me the most 'cause I feel it too A quiet little voice telling me what to do If they jump, do I jump right behind? Is that the only way we'll ever leave this behind? [Chorus] [Maximum emotional intensity, vocals cracking to the breaking point] And it's not too late, or at least that's what they lie and say While we're both slowly rotting away day by day They said they're gonna die, and my chest just caves in I'm losing my pulse trying to save my best friend And I'm staring at the floor, wondering what's the use If I cut the rope, do I tighten up the noose? I'm so tired of fighting, so tired of the pain Just washing away in the cold, black rain
