tHe charts… were drawn… tHe charts… wErE drAwN with starless ink… starless ink… compasses FUCKED, tides sLAP my face hands cOLD… waves GRIN… i lOse the race (mm…) compass SPINS… circles SPINS… salt in my TEETH… cAn’t tEll where… to begin teeth in foam… lungs taste brine… brine TIDES whisper seCRETS… that once… were mine call me DOWN… call me UP… (ahh…) i forgot to fight… i forgot to fucking… stop WHITE whale… swims just out of reach harpoons of MEMORY… lessons they teach… ride the mad tide… yeah… ride the mad tIDE tonight pull me to the red MOUTH… swallow me in light… light ride the mad tide… yeah… ride the mad tide so wide still tasting salt on my LIPS — i cannot decide… sinking in the dark waves… shadows twist and pull… pull drown me in the hollow depths… currents take their toll… toll hear the whispers through the foam… voices call my name… lost among the shifting tides… nowhere feels the same… same ropes twist… shells snap underfoot horizon BENDS… i step in soot (huhh…) currents hum KNIVES… chest goes numb chasing the red mouth… can’t stop… i succumb… bones & driftwood… mark the path i roam saltwater hymns… singing me HOME… home voices bubble… swirl and hide (mm…) i dive in DARKNESS… nowhere to GLIDE… ride the mad tide… yeah… ride the mad tIDE tonight pull me to the red MOUTH… swallow me in light… light ride the mad tide… yeah… ride the mad tide so wide still tasting salt on my LIPS i cannot decide… sinking in the dark waves… shadows twist and pull… pull drown me in the hollow depths… currents take their toll… toll hear the whispers through the foam… voices call my name… lost among the shifting tides… nowhere feels the same… same moonLIGHT cracks… reefs LAUGH at me the sea remembers my little SPREE… SPREE (mm…) hands that cling… teeth that bite hunger hums… f-FUCK shadows twist… laughing chains every scream DISSOLVES… dissolves in the RAIN no compass… no stars… (ooo…) only WATER… blood… AND scars… AHAB laughs… under the tide chasing ghosts in the endless WIDE… WIDE ride the mad tide… yeah… ride the mad tIDE tonight pull me to the red MOUTH… swallow me in light… light ride the mad tide… yeah… ride the mad tide so wide still tasting sAlt on my LIPS i cannot decide… sinking in the dark waves… shadows twist and pull… pull drown me in the hollow depths… currents take their toll… toll hear the whispers through the foam… voices call my name… lost among the shifting tides… nowhere feels the same… same shh… mermaids HUM… hum me back to sleep… (ooo…) shh… don’t call me HOME — waters run too deep… deep ride the mad tide… yeah… ride the mad tIDE tonight pull me to the red MOUTH… swallow me in light… light ride the mad tide… yeah… ride the mad tide so wide still tasting sAlt on my LIPS i cannot decide…