Drag Me Down to the Black

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Mud caked deep on my boots

The river rises slow and thick

I buried something in these roots

Left it there to rot and stick

Crows above me count the days

Every branch a crooked bone

Nothing green grows where I stay

I been walking this road alone

Pre-Chorus

The water takes what the water wants

The water takes what the water wants

Chorus

Drag me down to the black

Drag me down where the light won't reach

Sink me low in the black

Let the old swamp teach

Drag me down

Drag me down

Verse 2

My father drowned in this creek

My mother never spoke his name

Now the reeds are growing sleek

And the ground still feels the same

I carved his letters in a stump

The moss ate every line

Down here everything is damp

And nothing of me is mine

Pre-Chorus

The water takes what the water wants

The water takes what the water wants

Chorus

Drag me down to the black

Drag me down where the light won't reach

Sink me low in the black

Let the old swamp teach

Drag me down

Drag me down

Guitar Solo

Bridge

I am the rot

I am the reed

I am the knot

That no one can read

Breakdown

Slow

Slow

Under

Under

Chorus

Drag me down to the black

Drag me down where the light won't reach

Sink me low in the black

Let the old swamp teach

Drag me down

Drag me down