And i'm adrift in a sentient sea

Struggling for breath and this water is poisoning me

I'm done putting on this hollow-hearted act

So it can fill me with the deep and pull me under

Swim to a jagged coast and pull myself ashore by broken nails

Burn this sinking ship before it gets to port

A wooden carapace to keep me safe, a lie

Cut gills into my throat

Force myself to breathe deeply again

Dive deeper into the black and give yourself up to the brine

Spend your life trying to get back to the safety of the shorе

A lie told to us to keep us from realizing ourselvеs

I'm angry and alive in something i used to fear

A violent metaphor for change personified