[VERSE 1] Every conversation is a wave that breaks my ribs I’m building monuments out of the things I can’t forgive PULLED BY THE ANKLES! DRAGGED THROUGH THE SAND! I never had a foothold on this godforsaken land The sky is a ceiling I’ll never reach The debris of my life is rotting on the beach [PRE-CHORUS] And the lighthouse is a flickering eye Watching me fail, watching me try But the salt is thick and the air is thin I’m opening my mouth to let the winter in [CHORUS] I’m just driftwood in a violent sea Waiting for the dark to swallow me The weight of it all is a tidal wave And I’m just looking for a liquid grave Sweep me away from the person I was Drown the effect, erase the cause It’s too heavy to swim... So I’m letting go. [VERSE 2] DOWN AND I’M LOSING MY NAME! THE COLD AND THE QUIET THEY ALL FEEL THE SAME! Pressure in the temples Panic in the veins I’m washing away all the blood and the stains I THOUGHT I WAS A MOUNTAIN! I’M JUST A GRAIN OF SAND! SLIPPING THROUGH THE FINGERS OF A DEAD MAN’S HAND! [Extended Instrumental] [BRIDGE] Everything I loved is at the surface And I am at the bottom I am at the bottom The current is a heavy hand on my chest The water is the only place I can rest [BREAKDOWN] THE PRESSURE IS A MERCY! (CRUSH!) THE SILENCE IS A GIFT! (CRUSH!) Watch the rest of my life start to drift I AM NOTHING TO THE TIDE! I AM NOTHING TO THE TIDE! LET IT DRIFT. [CHORUS] I’m just driftwood in a violent sea Waiting for the dark to swallow me The weight of it all is a tidal wave And I’m just looking for a liquid grave Sweep me away from the person I was Drown the effect, erase the cause It’s too heavy to swim... So I’m letting go. [OUTRO] Just a ripple on the water Just a bubble in the deep The light is a needle And the water is thread So stitch me to the sea floor... I’ve got a lungful of lead.
