Yeah... You been looking all night ...I noticed Keep looking I walk into the room and the temperature drops Every conversation in your circle just stops You been watching me move since I came through the door Trying to figure out what exactly you're looking for Let me save you the time bra I'll tell you for free There's a version of me that will wreck you completely Not violent not cruel just — consuming like tide The kind of want that pulls everything inside I been called too much by the ones who stayed small Called a force of nature by the ones who saw all I don't shrink for the ceiling I don't dim for the room I just move through the darkness like I own every groove You want to know what I am? I'll give you the short version — I'm the thing you keep thinking about when it's certain That the safe choice was made and the safe bed is warm — I'm the question that lives at the edge of your comfort So come closer if you want to Or don't — I'll survive either way But you've been standing at the edge of this water all night — And black water don't beg Black water don't wait Black water just rises 'Til it's already too late You can stand on the shore With your reasons and your pride — But black water don't stop At the turn of the tide Black water runs deep Black water runs still Black water just takes you Whether or not you will So make your decision 'Cause I've already made mine — Black water don't beg And I don't beg twice Look I've been patient I've been present I've been reading the room I know exactly the moment that you started to move From curious to certain from watching to want From playing it cool to forgetting what cool was about I know that energy I've felt it before The way desire rewrites what your instincts came for You came in with a plan and a reason to leave early — Now it's half two and you're standing here still I don't chase what comes naturally I don't hunt what arrives I just exist in my frequency and watch what survives The ones who can handle the depth they stay close The ones who can't — well they write about it the most You're still here so I'm guessing you're not the second kind — Or maybe you are and you're testing the line Either way I'm not moving I'm not making it easy — Black water don't rise for the wanting it rises for the worthy So the question was never if I wanted you near — The question was always Were you ready to be here And black water don't beg Black water don't wait Black water just rises 'Til it's already too late You can stand on the shore With your reasons and your pride — But black water don't stop At the turn of the tide Black water runs deep Black water runs still Black water just takes you Whether or not you will So make your decision 'Cause I've already made mine — Black water don't beg And I don't beg twice I know what I am I know what I do to a room I know the particular silence That follows me into Every space I decide To give my presence to And I decided tonight So the question is you You want something real? Here's something real — I been alone by choice not by circumstance I been single by design not by missing the chance The right kind of want feels like gravity not grasping The right kind of pull feels like home not like passing And I felt something shift when you walked through that door Didn't show it — I never show it — but I felt it for sure So I'm telling you now 'cause I don't do the game — Black water don't play But it remembers your name Black water don't beg Black water don't wait Black water just rises 'Til it's already too late You can stand on the shore With your reasons and your pride — But black water don't stop At the turn of the tide Black water runs deep Black water runs still Black water just takes you Whether or not you will So make your decision 'Cause I've already made mine — Black water don't beg And I don't — ...beg ...twice Still looking? ...good Don't say I didn't warn you (...don't beg)
