[Verse 1] The rain came down black. Ran through the gutters thick as blood. Every street became a throat. Every doorway filled with mud. I kept walking through the runoff, boots too heavy to lift clean. Every step left something behind. Every step dragged something with me. [Chorus] River of tar. Pull me slow. Take everything I couldn't let go. River of tar. Black and deep. Drag it under. Let it sleep. River of tar. No shore. No light. Just weight moving through the night. [Verse 2] Rust beneath the fingernails. Smoke caught inside the lungs. Every promise sounds convincing until it rots on someone's tongue. I don't want another answer. I don't need another name. Everything that touched this place came out stained the same. [Chorus] River of tar. Pull me slow. Take everything I couldn't let go. River of tar. Black and deep. Drag it under. Let it sleep. River of tar. No shore. No light. Just weight moving through the night. [Bridge] I have carried too much too long. Not enough to make me strong. Just enough to bend the back. Just enough to paint the daylight black. So take it. Take the rust. Take the years. Take the dust. Take the thing I called myself and drag it through the sludge. [Breakdown] PULL. ME. DOWN. SLOW. [Final Chorus] River of tar. Pull me slow. Take everything I couldn't let go. River of tar. Black and deep. Drag it under. Let it sleep. River of tar. Take it all. Every scar. Every fall. Let the whole damn world sink slow. [Outro] Still sinking.
