[Intro - solo guitar, low string thumped with thumb, no bass, no drums] (breath) Mm [Verse 1 - muttered low, circular fingerpicked riff, guitar body taps only] Had a picture of the man I was gonna become Gonna become Now I'm down in cold black water and the ladder is gone Ladder's gone Can't see no sky Can't hear no sound Their shoes cross over me Heels on the ground They tape my face to every window in town Oh, they knock on every door But nobody looks down [Pre-Chorus - guitar slaps hard on muted strings, no drums, jaw tight] Nobody looks down Fill in the hole I won't be found Nah I won't be found So fill in the hole [Chorus - full voice, cracking, hammered open chords, guitar is the only rhythm] Sinking Drowning Dark and empty Only you could reach me now Shaking and shuddering, scared I need this all to break If only you were listening now My head keeps turning over and over and over Hey Yeah [Verse 2 - drop to a hush, thumb thumping the guitar body as the only pulse] The harder I scream the further I fall Deeper in the black Farther from the man I was Man that I was Oh Oh So I'm going on down Going on da-da-da-da-da down [Chorus - bigger, unhinged, voice breaking, guitar strummed raw] Sinking Drowning Dark and empty Only you could reach me now Shaking and shuddering, scared I need this all to break If only you were listening na-na-na-na-na-na-na-now So I'm going on down Going on da-da-da-da-da down [Bridge - guitar strips to single plucked notes, whisper rising to a wail, foot stomp on wood] Cold black water Cold black water Rising past my shoulders now And nobody looks down (way down) Cold black water (way down) Nobody Looks Down [Outro - broken falsetto, guitar slowing to nothing, no other instruments] If you ever hear a voice Underneath the ground That's me That's me Mm (breath)
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