WHEN THE WATER ROSE

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

My blood… feels heavy… turning into led

Seven years… still living in my head

Different ceiling… same damn feeling

Wish I could stop… what I’m repeating

Pills on the table—don’t look at me

Say I’m fine—yeah, “fine”… don’t see

Hands shake—don’t ask why

I just smile… I just lie

Pre-Chorus

Tick—tick—tick—on the wall

Waiting… waiting… for it all to fall

Chorus

SHOULD’VE GONE WHEN THE WATER ROSE HIGH

BETTER THAN WATCHING MYSELF PASS BY

TRADE THESE MINUTES—GET OUT—GET OUT

EVERYTHING BREAKING—I COULDN’T SHOUT

STANDING STILL IN A CROWD THAT BREATHES

BUT I’M CHOKING ON EVERYTHING

NEVER WANTED TO REACH THE SHORE

CAN’T TAKE THIS—NOT ANYMORE

WAKING UP—FEELS LIKE A CRIME

LOSING TRACK—LOSING TIME

Instrumental

Verse 2

Stains on my shirt—can’t wash ‘em out

Digging down—don’t know what about

Mistakes stacked up—mountains high

Glass in my chest—feel it crack inside

Colors fade—everything’s gray

Walking home but I lost the way

Dark feels louder than the light

Feels like day just feeds the night

Pre-Chorus – tighter, suffocating

No one hears me when I scream

Tell me—tell me—what this means

Chorus

SHOULD’VE GONE WHEN THE WATER ROSE HIGH

BETTER THAN WATCHING MYSELF PASS BY

TRADE THESE MINUTES—GET OUT—GET OUT

EVERYTHING BREAKING—I COULDN’T SHOUT

STANDING STILL IN A CROWD THAT BREATHES

BUT I’M CHOKING ON EVERYTHING

NEVER WANTED TO REACH THE SHORE

CAN’T TAKE THIS—NOT ANYMORE

WAKING UP—FEELS LIKE A CRIME

LOSING TRACK—LOSING TIME

Guitar Solo

Bridge

Say it… say it… say it once

Play the fool… yeah, I’m the dunce

Keep the score—what’s it for?

I don’t want it anymore

Open door… walk away

But I’m stuck in yesterday

Give me something—anything

Give me one reason to stay

Breakdown

Go… or stay…

Stay… or go…

I don’t even—

I don’t know

Breathe… don’t breathe…

Feel… don’t feel…

Nothing here

Feels real

Final Chorus

SHOULD’VE GONE WHEN THE WATER ROSE HIGH

BETTER THAN WATCHING MYSELF PASS BY

TRADE THESE MINUTES—JUST LET ME OUT

EVERYTHING BREAKING—I STILL CAN’T SHOUT

STANDING STILL—BUT I’M FALLING THROUGH

EVERYTHING LEADS BACK TO YOU

NEVER WANTED TO REACH THE SHORE

CAN’T TAKE THIS—NOT ANYMORE

WAKING UP—FEELS LIKE A CRIME

LOST MYSELF—LOST IN TIME

Outro

…should’ve gone…

…should’ve gone…

…should’ve gone…