VERSE 1 (Music: A lone, dark electric guitar with a lot of "hair" on the tone. Whispered, gritty vocals.) The concrete’s cold against the back of my neck Just another piece of the high-speed wreck. I’m staring at the gray where the blue should be Letting the shadows take a piece of me. You’re standing on the bank with your hands held out Trying to scream through a wall of doubt. But the water’s rising and the air is thin... And I’m finally liking the shape I’m in. PRE-CHORUS (Music: A heavy bass rumble starts. The vocal gets louder, more desperate.) I’ve spent a lifetime playing it safe Locked in the dark of this "holy" place. But the mercury’s dropping and the tide is high And I’m done with the limit of a painted sky. CHORUS (The "Grunge" Explosion – Maximum Volume and Grit) Don’t try to save me if I’m drowning, baby! I’m tired of living in between the safety lines! Yeah, the ice is in my blood and the truth is in the sink I’m finally finding out how it feels to blink. Let the water take the weight, let the heavy take the soul I’m letting go of the part that I can’t control. No, don’t try to save me if I’m drowning, baby... I’m crossing over every safety line. VERSE 2 (Music: Full band; driving, heavy, and raw.) There’s a comfort in the cold that you’ll never know A different kind of fire in the 40-below. You call it a tragedy, I call it a break From every single promise that I didn't want to make. So keep your life jackets and your ropes on the shore I don't want to be the person that I was before. I’m a cold-hearted man in a deep-blue grave Looking for the parts that I don't want to save. BRIDGE (The Breakdown: Everything drops to a heavy "sludge" rhythm. Vocal grows into a roar.) Let it flood! (Let it flood!) Let it ache! (Let it ache!) Look at the chains... That I’m finally gonna break! Yeah, I’m finally gonna break! CHORUS Don’t try to save me if I’m drowning, baby! I’m tired of living in between the safety lines! Yeah, the ice is in my blood and the truth is in the sink I’m finally finding out how it feels to blink. Let the water take the weight, let the heavy take the soul I’m letting go of the part that I can’t control. No, don’t try to save me if I’m drowning, baby... I’m crossing over every safety line. OUTRO (Fading out with a slow, distorted guitar melody and raspy ad-libs) Safety lines. (I'm sinking down) Don't you save me. It's quiet down here. Cold hearted. [One final, heavy, feedback-drenched guitar chord]
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