Verse 1] Three thousand meters down I learned to keep still Iron in blades that used to be something else They hauled me up for a gold rush nobody booked Freeze-dried me flat, then cracked me open for luck [Verse 2] Fifty-five of us just sat there like we knew better Two of us climbed past a hundred on our own heat Not drama — chemistry with nowhere left to hide What lived in black water doesn't owe the light a thing [Pre-Chorus] (held breath) [Chorus] Air was the mistake Air was the mistake You called it research, I called it waking up wrong Air was the mistake [Verse 3] Marcasite wearing someone else's shape Secondary, unstable, too fine to forgive You warn the miners now like that's the whole song I was fine until your oxygen learned my name [Bridge] Don't bring me to the surface if you need me quiet Don't crush what the dark already settled I wasn't waiting to burn for your report [Chorus] Air was the mistake Air was the mistake You called it research, I called it waking up wrong Air was the mistake
