[0:00–0:10 — INTRO | exposed dirty-clean guitar] Two seventeen, I hear your key miss the door. I know that sound. I’ve heard it before. [0:10–0:35 — VERSE 1 | close, restrained vocal] You leave your shoes beside the staircase, coat hanging halfway to the floor. I ask you where you’ve been, you say, “Nowhere,” like nowhere hasn’t been here before. I know the difference in your footsteps, I know which version made it home. You think that bottle only holds you— but I go missing when you’re gone. [0:35–0:48 — PRE-CHORUS | drums begin opening] I can’t keep calling this compassion if I’m disappearing too. I’ve spent so long keeping you breathing, I forgot I needed air too. [0:48–1:08 — CHORUS | full-band eruption] If you’re going under, I’m underwater too. Every time I reach to save you, I lose another piece of me with you. I can love you through the darkness, but I can’t make you choose the light. If you’re going under, I’m underwater too tonight. [1:08–1:33 — VERSE 2 | stripped back, bass forward] I poured your last one down the kitchen sink, you looked at me like I’d betrayed you. Then I lied and told your mother you’re asleep— funny what loving makes you do. There’s a photograph above the mantle, you laughing with your whole damn face. Sometimes I stare until I see you before the hurt learned how to take your place. [1:33–1:44 — PRE-CHORUS | tension rising] I still believe that man is in there. God knows I’ve searched these rooms for two. But I can’t keep drowning beside you just to prove my love is true. [1:44–2:04 — CHORUS | larger, backing voices enter] If you’re going under, I’m underwater too. Every time I reach to save you, I lose another piece of me with you. I can love you through the darkness, but I can’t make you choose the light. If you’re going under, I’m underwater too tonight. [2:04–2:20 — BRIDGE | collapse to vocal, bass, room noise] So take my hand— but you’ve gotta reach. Say you want tomorrow— then stay here with me. I won’t leave you in the water… But I can’t breathe for you. [2:20–2:43 — FINAL CHORUS | maximum emotional release] If you’re going under, I’m underwater too. But loving you can’t mean I’m dying just to keep what’s left of you. I’ll walk beside you toward the morning, if you’re willing to fight through the night. I’m still here… But you have to choose your life. [2:43–2:52 — OUTRO | instruments falling away] (softly) I still see you. I still love you. Come back… and I’ll come back too. [guitar motif / amp-room feedback — end]
