The Drowning Man

[Verse 1]

She stands twelve feet above the flood

She stares, alone across the water

The loneliness grows and slowly

Fills her frozen body, sliding downwards

One by one her senses die

The memories fade and leave her eyes

Still seeing worlds that never were

And one by one, the bright birds leave her

[Verse 2]

Starting at the violent sound

She tries to turn, but final, noiseless

Slips and strikes her soft dark head

The water bows, receives her

And drowns her at its ease

And drowns her at its ease

[Bridge]

I would have left the world all bleeding

Could I only help you, love

The fleeting shapes, so many years ago

So young and beautiful and brave

Everything was true, it couldn't be a story

I wish it was all true, I wish it couldn't be a story

The words all left me lifeless, hoping

Breathing like the drowning man

Oh, Fuchsia, you leave me breathing like the drowning man

[Outro]

Dreaming like the drowning man

Breathing like the drowning man

(Breathing like the drowning man)

(Dreaming like the drowning man)