[Intro – distant wind, low strings] The surface looked peaceful. It always does. [Verse 1 – harsh] I learned to breathe beneath the ice Where no one hears you drown Sunlight fractured overhead But never filtered down They said the lake was beautiful They skated on its skin While I was miles below them Where the cold crawled in Every scream became a bubble Floating up to die Every memory preserved In the blue beneath the sky [Pre-Chorus – half harsh] You ever try to surface But the ice won’t crack? You ever feel the warmth above But it never calls you back? [Chorus – clean with grit] I built lungs for frozen water Taught my heart to slow If the world won’t break the surface Then I’ll live below I am calm in suffocation Still beneath the ache You don’t know the depths Of a man beneath a lake [Verse 2 – harsh blast] My blood moved thick as winter My pulse a muted drum They said “You seem so quiet now” Of course — I’ve gone numb The pressure shaped my skeleton Bent steel into my spine You can only drown so many times Before you redefine [Breakdown – suffocating] Hold your breath. Hold it still. Cold doesn’t kill. Cold doesn’t kill. It teaches will. [Bridge – clean rising] If I break the ice tonight The surface won’t survive Because what lives in freezing dark Doesn’t come up half alive [Final Chorus – layered] I built lungs for frozen water Now I rise in shards The ice above was never peace It was just guards If I tear through what restrained me It won’t be by mistake The calmest thing you’ll ever see Is rage beneath a lake
