[Intro — regulator breathing, distant sonar pulse, water moving through stone] [Verse 1] Tied the rope around my waist Left the daylight at the mouth Every meter took a color Till the blue forgot itself My breath counted in the headset Metal clicks and measured air I came looking for a chamber No one living said was there [Pre-Chorus] Stone above me, water under No direction left but through Then my lamp found braided cable Disappearing out of view [Chorus] Pressure doesn’t keep a secret It makes every fracture speak Every wall becomes a witness When you travel far too deep I thought knowledge meant an answer I thought finding meant release But some doors are only buried So the living sleep in peace [Instrumental — sonar motif, submerged vocal fragments, heavy low pulse] [Verse 2] Past the marker, past the guideline Found the chamber under stone There a second tether waited Anchored where mine had not gone Knots from some forgotten manual Mineral grown around the line When I lifted it, the headset Filled with breathing that wasn’t mine [Pre-Chorus] I thought silence meant abandoned I thought darkness meant alone Then the rope beneath my fingers Pulled once deeper through the stone [Chorus] Pressure doesn’t keep a secret It returns it piece by piece Every signal sealed below us Finds a body it can reach I thought knowledge meant an answer Now I know what answers cost Some discoveries don’t free you They erase the way you crossed [Bridge — drums and bass disappear; breathing and rope strain remain] Oxygen warning Tether drawing Heartbeat knocking through my teeth I could turn and leave it buried Then the old line pulled beneath The radio opened On a channel marked as dead No command, no broken language Just my name inside my head [Complete silence] [Final Chorus — full drums, distorted bass, submerged harmonies] Pressure doesn’t keep a secret Now I know what silence hides There are truths that do not free you Only teach you where they lie I don’t need to drain the ocean I don’t need to see it whole I came back carrying the darkness And it knew the way back home [Outro — drums stop; regulator breathing and distant water remain] At the surface, morning trembled Thin and colorless above They asked me what I found below I told them there was nothing Then the rope went taut behind me In the open morning air.
