[Verse 1: Kevin Hackett]

Blood on my nose

From all the highs, stuck in this low

Once my demise, turned into my hope

I'm swimming alone

It was either sink or swim

It was always believe this that he exists

But the meanings twist when you see friends leave and perceive these shifts that you're knee deep in

Heaven and hell rage inside of my mind

I find I'm caged all of the time by lies when Satan is in disguise

These games he plays I'm tryna define

The real, the fake, these faded lines, I'm wasting time

Life is short, the pace of mine is racing, I

Wanna fall in love again

But tides are turning, waves are breaking, I'm still feeling nothing

Man, it's come to this

You call on me and I run from it, just like my older brother did

And as of late it feels like we're becoming friends, but

I want more

Heart made out of cardboard

This loves fake and without yours

Who would I live in it all for

Free fallin' through this life until I graduated

Hit the water fully clothed and I can't escape it

[Chorus: Adrian Stresow]

I need an escape

(x4)

[Verse 2: Kevin Hackett]

This is my life, this is my YOUTH

I ran out of time, hitting the water then drowning in blue

Looking for truth, I found it in you

Sinking in what I've amounted to lead

From all the friends I was willing to lose

To all of the people I wanted to be

I'm 19, living inside my mind's dream

Over my life I've found truth, but I still have yet to find me

I wanna live off music

I wanna live off art

I don't wanna grow old

Asking God if I can hit restart

At a job that don't fit my heart, but does a job define who you are?

Living just to all play our part

Day to day until we depart, I know

We're made for more than all of this

My youth may pass, my days will end

And all this bliss will fall to sin

The fault in life is all of it

The ocean hits, we fall in it

Though the waters shake my confidence, I'm confident we're called to this

Your hands grab mine, pulling me out the sea

And all this time, I'm where I'm supposed to be

[Chorus: Adrian Stresow]

I need an escape

(x4)

[Outro: Kaleb Mitchell, Adrian Stresow & Levi Hinson]

Will you be my escape

I need an escape

(x8)

I need an escape

I need an escape