Underneath The Sting

Verse 1

Rain against the windowpane

Monday's got a heavy hand on my shoulder

I trace the cracks in the ceiling paint

Counting all the ways I've grown colder

Another year of empty rooms

Another season ringing hollow

I used to know which way was true

Now I just follow what I follow

Chorus

So let the tide come in

Let the grey wash over everything

I'm learning how to swim

In the quiet underneath the sting

Let the tide come in

Come in

Verse 2

Phone calls from my mother's house

She asks if I'm still eating right

I tell her that I'm doing fine

But the truth stays out of sight

I drive the same roads every night

Past the school where we used to meet

Every streetlight keeps a memory

Of a boy who never learned defeat

Chorus

So let the tide come in

Let the grey wash over everything

I'm learning how to swim

In the quiet underneath the sting

Let the tide come in

Come in

Bridge

I could build a wall of words

To keep the morning out

I could blame the turning earth

For every silent doubt

But something in the static hum

Reminds me I'm still here

And maybe that's enough

To face another year

Chorus

So let the tide come in

Let the grey wash over everything

I'm learning how to swim

In the quiet underneath the sting

Let the tide come in

Come in

Outro

Mm

Let it come

Mm-hmm

Let it come