Anchor of the Self

Verse 1

Silver cord

Slipping through my fingers

I held on

I held out

Dragging dead weight across the yard

Rust on the chain

Heavy

Cold

Copper tasting panic in my throat

Verse 2

Knot tight

Tight as a drum

I chose this

I carved this

Dragging that granite down the hallway

Hard floor

Scratched

Gouge in the wood

I saw the light

I felt the light

I left the light behind

Gone

Forever

Chorus

I tied my lifeline to a stone

I tied my lifeline to a stone

Sinking deeper than the water

Heavy heart and heavy bone

I tied my lifeline to a stone

My own

Post-Chorus

Down down

Farther down

Holding on

Holding on

Verse 3

Solid

Massive

Black as a cavern floor

I wrap the wire

I pull the wire

I snap the wire

Nails bleeding

Nothing but the weight

Nothing but the grey

Nothing but the way it pulls me

Down

Dragging

Chorus

I tied my lifeline to a stone

I tied my lifeline to a stone

Sinking deeper than the water

Heavy heart and heavy bone

I tied my lifeline to a stone

My own

Bridge

Cut it loose

Cut it loose

Cut it loose

No knife sharp enough

No fire hot enough

Just the gravity

Just the cavity

Just the tragedy of the grip

Chorus

I tied my lifeline to a stone

I tied my lifeline to a stone

Sinking deeper than the water

Heavy heart and heavy bone

I tied my lifeline to a stone

My own

Outro

Anchor

Dragging me

Anchor

Letting me

Go

Under

Gone

Stone