SONG 6 — “Slow Drowning in Familiar Water”

Intro [dark piano pad] [whispered harmony] It wasn’t the deep water that scared me It was drowning in the familiar --- Verse 1 [guitar plucks] We both kept sinking slowly Pretending we could breathe Your silence felt like oceans Pressing down on everything [bass swell] The house stayed warm around us But the air turned sharp and thin We were standing side by side But not letting each other in --- Pre-Chorus [double-layered vocal] And I kept telling myself That love could still revive But familiar water kills you Long before you realize --- Chorus [FX rise + shadow octave] I was slow drowning in familiar water In the home we built together Trying not to lose myself While pretending we were better [double-layered chorus] And you watched from a distance With a calm that felt like blame I was fighting to stay afloat You were acting like nothing changed --- Verse 2 [bass pulse + soft kick] Your comfort became a lifeboat You didn’t want to share Every time I reached for you You weren’t emotionally there [guitar resonance] And I kept swallowing questions Trying not to cause a wave But every unspoken truth Pulls you deeper where you break --- Pre-Chorus 2 [whispered backing] You stayed perfectly composed While I held despair underwater We weren’t sinking by accident We were sinking out of order --- Chorus [pitch-fall FX] I was slow drowning in familiar water You were breathing like it’s fine You kept pretending nothing’s wrong While the current pulled the line [double-layered vocal] And the saddest part of endings Is when no one tries to save Two people slowly disappearing In the silence they both made --- Bridge [sub-bass rumble] Maybe we feared the truth More than we feared the fall Maybe we drowned each other By trying not to feel at all [guitar swell] And the hardest part of loving Is knowing when to swim And when to stop holding someone Who stopped reaching back again --- Final Chorus [FX lift + shadow octave] I was slow drowning in familiar water Trying hard to stay the same But familiar doesn’t mean safe It only means we stayed in pain [double-layered harmony] And now I rise above the surface Leaving all the weight below Because drowning in what’s familiar Is the most dangerous way to go --- Outro [piano fade] I survived the water Not the silence you called home