Golden Remains

Verse 1

Golden syrup seeps beneath my chest

Breath is heavy

Something sticks inside my mouth

Bones humming

Too much sugar coats what’s breaking down

I remember—what did I remember

One word—

then black

Chorus

Still here, drowning slow

Still here, drowning slow

Sweet comfort tastes like suffocation

Why does silence grow

Sweet comfort tastes like suffocation

Post-Chorus

Hold me too long

Hold me too long

Verse 2

Warm lullaby, mother’s humming, fades to wires

Pulse a metronome that starts to fail

Craving, craving, every nerve a liar

Skin stretched tighter

Repeating names I used to know

Repeat repeat repeat

Sugar spilling—filling cracks with gold

(No escape)

Chorus

Still here, drowning slow

Still here, drowning slow

Sweet comfort tastes like suffocation

Why does silence grow

Sweet comfort tastes like suffocation

Post-Chorus

Don’t wake me now

Don’t wake me now

Bridge

Time slides sickly

Honey hands twisting

Memories melt until only the sweetness stings

I try to let go, I try to let go

Everything sticks in the amber below

Verse 3

Craving static, tangled veins

Childhood laughter splits in twos

Candy horror, golden remains

Body failed but I refuse

Chorus

Still here, drowning slow

Still here, drowning slow

Sweet comfort tastes like suffocation

Why does silence grow

Sweet comfort tastes like suffocation

Post-Chorus

Hold me too long

Hold me too long