Under Water
You are under water
You are under water
The weight is pressing in
The current pulls against your thrashing limbs
You are sinking
Darling don't give in
As the water pulls you down
Your mind begins to haul up all it's anchors
Heavy limbs sink lazily
Cradled by the ever-hungry sea
You open your eyes
Let the water trickle in
And leave behind the salty sting
You are under water
You are under water
Down upon the sandy floor
You arrive, a slow-motion fall
Down here the light of day is seldom seen
Leagues beneath the salty breeze
It could be the darkest night
You can no longer feel the cold
Or the sand upon your skin
Your body lets the ocean in
Black Dog
Stop now
Take a moment to catch your breath
You'll find
You'll feel better in time
You haven't looked this pale in a long while
Keep the radio on
Let it sing you a sweet song
Watch your black dog
A shadow in your house
Leave him hungry
Don't heed his mournful howl
Watch out for the rhythm that pulls you in
You'll find
It's not easy to change your mind
That funny little dance
On the line between reality and bad dreams
Sing me a song
Make it a sweet one
Watch your black dog
A shadow in your house
Leave him hungry
Don't heed his mournful howl
Pulling you in, this familiar feeling
And if you push and you fight the jaws they
Tighten
And if you run, realise he is tethered by your side
He will always be
Close behind
In The Dark
In the park, by the river
In the dark
The words so much easier to speak
Lovely one
Oh what have I done?
At the start, I was better
Little heart
Only had room for one
Oh what have I done?
Is it better
That I love you?
Would it hurt less
If I didn't care at all?
Does your heart bend
Or is it broken?
I'm so so sorry my dear
I'm so so sorry
Tell you fast, take it slowly
In the past
I would've known
But oh what I have done
How I want to run
Is it better
That I love you?
Would it hurt less
If I left you well alone?
Hold Up
I fight, fight
Stay alright
To comfort you, my dear
But I don't seem to quite hit the mark
I pile all my fears
In a box I made in highschool woodwork class
And I barely ever need to lift the lid
But you keep asking me
Hold up, I wanna know
I wanna know
With steady hands
I collect my armour
And I dress on my own
So only I will know how all the pieces fit together
I'll never be caught out of my comfort zone
If I don't get caught out in my skin
But you keep asking me
Hold up, I wanna know
I wanna know
You look at me
I smile shiftily
So hard to be
Still enough for you to see me
Please can I run
I don't mind if you come along
Stay at my heels
I just wanna feel a little less real
A little less real
But you keep asking me
Hold up, I wanna know
I wanna know
Turn The Light On
You told me when you are lonely
You leave the window open
And the wind moves about in your house
Like a restless lover might do
You can't put your feet down by the bed
What if there's something there?
Waiting for a stranger in the dark
Hoping to consume you and your lonely little spark
Would you just turn the light on?
You'll probably find it's harder to hide
All the fear from yourself
Come out from under the bedsheets
Like cinema screens
In them you keep on playing out your morbid little fantasies
You stopped believing in silence
There's always an argument that's running through your head
I'm never sure who's winning them
And then they just begin again
This merry-go of vitriol
Would you just turn the light on?
You'll probably find it's harder to hide
All the fear from yourself
Come out from under the bedsheets
Like cinema screens
In them you keep on playing out your morbid little fantasies
If I lay
Close by your side dear
Would my body keep you warm?
Or has the cold gone too deeply?
You say "Stay the night
Pull closed the window"
I wouldn't ever say no
Then You Stop
It's not the same day
But if feels just like
It might as well be
And it's not the same light
But it drifts on through
The same old window, with the curtain ripped
And the paint just flecks and chips upon the wood
It's funny how you're here and then you're not
You feel and then you stop
Funny how you're here and then you're not
You feel and then you stop
It's not the big things
Not the ones you might think
I miss the silly little things
Your footsteps, your favourtie dress
The one you wore with long black tights
The night we caught your brother stealing silver coins
From the glovebox
How we said he'd pay
It's funny how you're here and then you're not
You feel and then you stop
Funny how you're here and then you're not
You feel and then you stop
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How I wish
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Old friend
Full up with fear
Wish you were here
So I could hold you
Tell you the things
Your mother told you
When the night was so dark you could not see
So cold you could not breathe
Raven
Stop me
Before I start
I know you're hoping
For a sudden change of heart
How can you hold me as I rip you down
This stunted symbiosis brings the both of us
Closer to the ground
Watch out for the raven, Little Wings
I cannot contain her
Take heed of the haunting song she sings
She longs to hear you
Scream
Call me
Your meanest names
I won't be angry
I need your help to tame me
Cover my eyes and pry my fingers apart
I cannot seem to stop myself from
Clutching at your heart
Watch out for the raven, Little Wings
I cannot contain her
Take heed of the haunting song she sings
She longs to hear you
Scream
Can you catch me
If you can't, then chase me away
Never promised
I don't bite
Not half as kind as they all say
Watch out for the raven, Little Wings
I cannot contain her
Take heed of the haunting song she sings
Waking
Waking
In the loneliest hours
I can't explain it
I wanna explode
Into the biggest blackest nothing
Dissolve this blood and bone
This body
Let me be nothing
Falling
In out of this slumber, I'm ignoring
That I don't know when
I'm awake and when I'm dreaming
Dissolve this blood and bone
This body
Let me be nothing
My body
Let me be nothing
Can you feel
This separation from the rest of us
Makes my body ache
This amputation from the rest of us
Hold me
'Til our edges are blurred
And you can't tell we
Were ever apart
Just two sparks within the sun we
Only imagine we're solitary
These bodies
Let them be nothing
Our bodies
Let them be nothing
Dawning
We went down the riverside in the morning
And it was dawning on me then
That I had better stop pretending
We held out our hands to lessen the distance
We'd been growing without knowing what we'd lose
As I looked
I was sure
Saw you grow a little smaller
A little smaller now
You stopped reading poetry in the winter
Said the unrelenting rhyming made you weary
And cobwebs on the covers had me all nervous
But I left them there just hoping you might care enough to notice
As I looked
I was sure
Saw you grow a little smaller
A little smaller now
And all
Of our friends
Used to say that you
Were bound to leave me in the end
That funny little joke
On my ineptitude
It has gone quiet now
And when I point it out
They shift upon their seats
And I crumble to dust
We went down the riverside in the morning
And I am hoping against hope
That you'll be coming back home with me tonight
For Tomorrow
All the words you spoke in the haze of yesterday
Couldn't they be true
For tomorrow
I could hold at bay all the questions
For another day we'd be fine
'Til tomorrow
And I lost my way the moment
You invited me inside
Maybe I knew then and there
All the moments we collected
Like the creatures of the night
They faded in the light
Morning came and went
And this stale air we breathed soon was spent and I held
Myself closely
The walk back to my house
Seemed less friendly now
The wind was quick on my heels
So I ran, I ran, I ran
And I lost my way the moment
You invited me inside
Maybe I knew then and there
All the moments we collected
Like the creatures of the night
They faded in the light
How quick the light is
Claimed by the night
And how dark it gets
All the shadows that you hide
Ooh, they call to you
All the words you spoke in the haze of yesterday
Couldn't they be true
For tomorrow