[Verse 1]
I feel the tempest grow
Deep inside
I never let it let me go
Let me die
I felt the first September cold
In July
And now I feel the pressure grow
Every night inside
I hate the season I grieve behind
And monuments that I made
I pray for peace underneath the tides
And solace under the waves
I disregarded thе reasons why
You left me hеre in your wake
If you had only told me I won't be the same
I won’t be the same
[Chorus]
Riptides drag me to damnation
Shorelines lead me to my grave
Capsize the last place I kept faith in
Baptize me beneath the waves
Can't take this feeling anymore
When expectations rise
Last night I felt the ocean floor
It left me paralyzed
I dragged my body through the storm
But left my head behind
I let the tempest define my life
[Verse 2]
I dread the colder days
Quiet nights
You fell the night I drove away
You might've died
The pills let you ignore the pain
But you were fine
It’s hard to keep your story straight
If you're doing lines all night
I know
That I kept your ghost
Instead of moving on
I hope
That I'm left below
When the tempest overflows
I used to hate when nights would pass slowly
But now the days are moving too fast
The coast is disappearing below me
My life won't last
[Chorus]
Riptides drag me to damnation
Shorelines lead me to my grave
Capsize the last place I kept faith in
Baptize me beneath the waves
Can't take this feeling anymore
When expectations rise
Last night I felt the ocean floor
It left me paralyzed
I dragged my body through the storm
But left my head behind
I let the tempest define my life
[Verse 3]
I always reminisce beneath the autumn sky
Clear all the spiderwebs that gathered over time
I bought the Ibanez in 2005
I practiced No it Isn't every single night
To escape my life
Ten years go by
Met up with Ry the night I wrote 345
I cut the vocal takes with Tom in late July
So much has changed but I can still remember why
I never slept that night
[Bridge]
I won't deny (I can't deny)
I feel like every explanation was a lie (I watched you bleed dry)
I feel like every confrontation was contrived (You laid your own grave)
I knew the drugs that you were taking took your mind
While I just stood by (You made me this way)
I drove away (I drove drunk through snow)
I took the Lynnway underneath the pouring rain
It turned to snow when I pulled off 128 (The night you let go)
Gloucester was beautiful if I could see it straight (And I kept your ghost)
That was rough that day (To find my own)
[Verse 4]
I swear you’re with me all the time
The resentment never dies
I hate the memory of you alone on that night
I wish I never looked inside
When the tempest took your eyes
I cried the night that I wrote UFOs in the Sky
I hate to say it out loud
But for seven years straight
I learned to hate October
So let me go down
And suffer my fate
Watch as the waves draw closer
I know
That I kept your ghost
Instead of moving on
I hope
That I’m left below
When the tempest overflows