Quicksand

By Atmosphere

On Jestures

Released on September 19, 2025

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[Verse 1]

It feels like I'm sinkin'

But it's goin' too slow

I must be dreamin'

How am I supposed to know?

I don't trust my senses

Everything's corrupt

I feel defenseless

Like the pain ain't enough to wake you up

I wanna fall asleep

But I'm afraid of death

I sent a message to my younger self

It was just two words said, "Savior breath"

And if we're gonna be honest

I don't even know which way the mountain top is

I might be alive and conscious

It don't mean I'm cognizant of what I'm tryin' to accomplish


[Verse 2]

I jumped through hoops of fire

Just to get a couple new subscribers

I been around the world, didn't lose my lighter

But my arms are tired, but I'm still inspired

I feel incomplete

But every day's a new leaf

I wanna escape from between your teeth

And all I can see are the things I can't reach

I've had it up to here

But there ain't now where to hide from the puppeteer

Exhale till my lungs are clear

And underneath the surface, I disappear


[Verse 3]

Gravity, that's your enemy

You get to fly temporarily

But we all gotta bend the knee eventually

Cut me off and let me bleed into the—


[Verse 4]

I gotta go, I gotta go

Already know I gotta get away from ya

Could somebody please throw me a rope

I'd rather hang above ya

It's like the more I fight it

The faster I sink in the trap

I wanna reach the sky

You keep on suckin' me back and back into the—


[Outro]

Don't you have anything better to do?