Burn me up
Burn me down
I feel like all I ever do is drown
Concave throat straining against acidic salt water sizzle
Ghost swim in my vision
Ethereal and non-committed, I'll never break through
An anvil weighs heavy on an already heaving chest
My struggles won't last long now
Great depths are unforgiving, waves barrel and crash above me
I can see stripes of sunlight cutting through murky layers of gray and blue
Pieces of wrEckage descend around me but nothing to latch on to
Spreading blackness like octopus ink converts knowledge to fear
Fluttering response of muscle, I no longer have the strength to fight
Numb. Unconscious.
Floating softly to the ocean floor
Where I will be part of you always
Jul 17, 2012
Jul 17, 2012 at 6:10 PM UTC
Burn me up
Burn me down
I feel like all I ever do is drown
Concave throat straining against acidic salt water sizzle
Ghost swim in my vision
Ethereal and non-committed, I'll never break through
An anvil weighs heavy on an already heaving chest
My struggles won't last long now
Great depths are unforgiving, waves barrel and crash above me
I can see stripes of sunlight cutting through murky layers of gray and blue
Pieces of wrEckage descend around me but nothing to latch on to
Spreading blackness like octopus ink converts knowledge to fear
Fluttering response of muscle, I no longer have the strength to fight
Numb. Unconscious.
Floating softly to the ocean floor
Where I will be part of you always
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