Lyric

I held the day

Between my teeth

Now there’s only

Water underneath

Blue tiles fading into black

My clothes are folded by the door

I let the water take my back

But keep one foot against the floor

All the things I should have said

Come back clearer after dark

I lower in until the room

Becomes a slow, uneven heart

One breath in

The ceiling sways

I open up my hands

But something stays

Under the waterline

I hear what I couldn’t say

It moves through this heart of mine

And nothing can keep it away

Oh, let the surface break

Let it fall from my eyes

I’ve been still for so long

With an ocean inside

I used to leave the hallway lit

As if you might come back for more

Tonight I turned it off and stood

A little longer by the door

Now every movement makes a ring

That reaches where my hands cannot

I watch it touch the other side

And disappear beneath the clock

One breath out

A silver thread

I almost say your name

Then breathe instead

Under the waterline

I hear what I couldn’t say

It moves through this heart of mine

And nothing can keep it away

Oh, let the surface break

Let it fall from my eyes

I’ve been still for so long

With an ocean inside

I thought it would be louder

The moment I’d let go

But my heel just left the bottom

And I floated on my own

For once I didn’t reach

For something else to hold

Here at the waterline

I say what I couldn’t say

It moves through this heart of mine

And I let it carry your name

Oh, let the surface break

Let it fall from my eyes

There’s room for the air again

With an ocean inside

I leave the water slowly

Feel the cold along my spine

Your name is still familiar

But this breath is only mine