[intro] moon slicing the water, truth humming under the skin, breath fighting the cold— i dive anyway [verse 1] your name still ripples in me, a bruise shaped like a memory, i swim through every old promise, they glow, they fade, they sting the night keeps asking questions i never learned to answer clean [pre-rise] heart pacing slow, fear pacing faster, both chasing the same shore [hook] midnight swim, pull me in, wash the war off my ribs again midnight swim, let me mend, let the dark baptize where i’ve been [verse 2] i carry storms in my lungs, you carry silence like a shield two currents crashing sideways, neither willing to yield but the water doesn’t lie— it shows the shape you hide [fast rap fracture] dive deep, feel the pulse in the tide, truth hits hard when you can’t divide, every mistake that you tried to hide floats back up, won’t leave your side i keep moving through the undertow, dragged by the weight of what i know, still i rise when the shadows grow, ’cause healing’s born where the brave ones go [instrumental break – whiskey-blues electric guitar solo layered over acoustic] [bridge] cold air burning, lungs turning raw, moon pulling secrets out of the deep [final hook] [build-up instrumental break- solo] midnight swim, pull me in, wash the war off my ribs again midnight swim, let me mend, let the dark baptize where i’ve been [outro] surface breaking, heart steady— the night keeps what i release [slow release fading out instrumental]
