[Intro] [Submerged, chorus-soaked guitar arpeggios; slow tribal toms; deep melodic bass] [Female contralto: Close-miked, breathy, almost spoken; elongated vowels with descending pitch] Haaah… ahhh… There you are… Beneath my skin… I open my mouth… And let you in… [Verse 1] [Hypnotic post-punk bass groove; angular guitar accents; restrained, ritualistic percussion] [Vocals: Low chest register, clipped consonants, unpredictable phrasing; sudden upward melodic curls] Your fingertips upon my throat Undo the words I never spoke A thousand fathoms in your eyes I sink without a compromise Your lips become a rising tide I feel the ocean swell inside And every time you say my name My lungs forget why air remains I lean into your undertow The deeper, deeper down I go No need to struggle, no need to swim I part my lips and breathe you in [Pre-Chorus] [Ascending tom rolls; dissonant guitar swells; bass climbing in tense chromatic steps] [Vocals: Rising from hushed alto into piercing upper register; trembling sustained vowels] Ohhh… the water’s getting higher Ahhh… my blood is catching fire One breath, two breaths, none at all I feel your heartbeat through the walls And I… I… I don’t want to surface! [Chorus] [Explosive gothic rock guitars; pounding tribal drums; soaring melodic bass] [Vocals: Full-throated contralto shifting into high, keening head voice; wide interval leaps; fierce vibrato] Hold me under! Pull me down into your sea! Let the waters close above me! Let your love come swallowing me! Hold me under! Till there’s nothing left to breathe! I would rather drown beside you Than draw another breath without you! Ohhh—ahhh! Take the air out of my lungs! Hold me under! Till the two of us are one! [Verse 2] [Drums retreat to hypnotic floor toms; sinuous bassline; shimmering, uneasy guitar harmonics] [Vocals: Intimate, sly lower register; syncopated phrasing; sudden falsetto cries at line endings] I taste the salt upon your skin A sweet surrender pulling in Your body’s warmth, a tidal wave A beautiful and willing grave The ceiling bends, the floor gives way The world above begins to sway Your hands are anchors on my waist And I am lost within your taste You kiss the breath between my teeth And pull me somewhere far beneath Where every pulse becomes a plea And nothing lives but you and me [Pre-Chorus] [Insistent bass ostinato; layered toms accelerating; guitars climbing into dissonant sustained chords] [Vocals: Dramatic octave jumps; increasingly breathless, almost delirious delivery] Ohhh… I feel the pressure rising Ahhh… there’s no disguising My trembling hands, my aching chest The way your touch denies me rest And I… I… I don’t want to surface! [Breakdown] [Instruments collapse into sub-bass pulses; isolated tom strikes; wet reverb tails; audible inhalations] [Vocals: Spoken whispers alternating with strained, high-register cries; deliberate silences] Breathe in… [Gasp] Breathe out… [Silence] Breathe in… [Gasp] You… Only you… [Sudden piercing octave leap] YOU! [Breath catches; whispered, nearly inaudible] There’s no air here… Only you… And I can feel you… Everywhere… [Bridge] [Slow cinematic crescendo; rolling toms; spiraling chorus guitar; bass ascending against descending vocal melody] [Vocals: Ritualistic repetition, low resonant chanting evolving into operatic sustained notes] If love is water, let it rise Above our mouths, above our eyes If love is hunger, let it feed Upon the air I used to need No distant shore, no saving hand No final place for us to stand Just skin on skin and heart on heart Where you begin, I come apart [Voice breaks into a high, wavering cry] Ahhh—ahhh—ahhh! And if the sea should take us whole Let every wave become our soul For in the depths, I finally see The breath I need is breathing me! [Chorus] [Maximum intensity; crashing cymbals; huge distorted guitar chords; melodic bass surging beneath layered vocal harmonies] [Vocals: Commanding chest voice; piercing octave leaps; sustained, vibrato-heavy high notes; overlapping breathless harmonies] Hold me under! Pull me down into your sea! Let the waters close above me! Let your love come swallowing me! Hold me under! Till there’s nothing left to breathe! I would rather drown beside you Than draw another breath without you! Ohhh—ahhh! Take the air out of my lungs! Hold me under! Till the two of us are one! [Final vocal ascent; prolonged, trembling high note] HOLD ME UNDEEEER! [Outro] [Drums fall away; melodic bass slows; chorus guitar dissolves into long, watery reverb] [Vocals: Descending from high head voice into fragile, close-miked contralto; whispered final phrases] One breath… [Gasp] Your breath… One heart… Your heart… [Long, fading vowel] Ahhh… ahhh… [Whispered] Don’t pull me out… I’m finally breathing… You… [Final audible inhale; abrupt silence]
