Drowning (Not Distant)

Verse 1

Three AM and the floor is cold

He's staring at the ceiling again

Phone's lit up with your messages

But his mind's a hurricane within

Told his daddy's voice is louder now

Than anything you ever said

Pre-Chorus

Man up

Shut it down

That's the only song he learned

So he sits there in the silence

Watch the walls start to burn

Chorus

He is not distant, he is drowning

Not cold, just carrying a weight

He never had the words for feeling

Just a storm he couldn't name

And you ask him why he's quiet

But the noise inside is all the same

He is not distant, he is drowning

Trying to stay above the waves

Verse 2

Scrolling through the same old feeds

Drink in hand to kill the ache

Zoning out ain't laziness

It's a survival he can't shake

Every mess he ever made

Plays on a loop inside his brain

Pre-Chorus

Man up

Shut it down

That's the only song he learned

So he sits there in the silence

Watch the walls start to burn

Chorus

He is not distant, he is drowning

Not cold, just carrying a weight

He never had the words for feeling

Just a storm he couldn't name

And you ask him why he's quiet

But the noise inside is all the same

He is not distant, he is drowning

Trying to stay above the waves

Bridge

Never learned how to feel good enough

School made him stupid, jobs broke him down

Relationships made him hard to love

And he's still that kid in a small-ass town

Who was told his brain was wrong

So he learned to hate it young

And every time he lets you down

He hates himself for it some

Chorus

He is not distant, he is drowning

Not cold, just carrying a weight

He never had the words for feeling

Just a storm he couldn't name

And you ask him why he's quiet

But the noise inside is all the same

He is not distant, he is drowning

Drowning

Drowning

Trying to stay above the waves