I’m shook, running away from the brook

Pushing  it foot after foot

Keeping  it sush no rustling the leaves in the bushes

Don’t want to attract any looks

Feeling like time is a crook

'cause  it’s always like this once the night hits

Watch  them daintily cast their shadows on the light I build my life with

Got me thinking in circles, caught in my head

Reaching  for slumber just stuck in the bed

Eyes droopy today I'm scratching my lids

I’ve let it marinate for far too long

Turn back to the water push me afloat

Puffing  my chest - then I hear it croak

Echoing louder as I encroach

Feeling the fear coating my throat

I see you across the lake

I’m steeping low eyes are wading

Sleep at times but always waiting

All your time it’s all I’m craving

But for now I’ll give you space

Barely buoyant on this placid lake

Get the masking tape, this sail is broken

Holes on this boat have the drainage pouring

It’s been weeks on this lake and we’re deep in this wake it started

They told me to take it slowly

Choose your adventure but take on the safest story

But the days are showing that the rain is roaring

Can’t escape the stormy nights hold tight to faith and glory

They said that too and I wish it were just that simple

My mind’s too wrinkled to tame my mood

We’re tied by a rope on the mast

Drooped in the water straight through the sand

Strapped to the neck of my Demons that splash

Time to time just to feed off my plans

I’m with you in the shadows

Even after dark

No sleeping through the battle

You telling me I gotta settle with ya

Feeling like I gotta go and pick up

The pieces you're giving away

You’re no longer what you used to be

But good as far as you can see yeah...

I’m here you’re alright, you're alright, you're alright

"Look at the sky"

I told myself "don’t look the beast in the eye

Just follow the belt 'till the dawn cracks, baby you should be fine"

As we’re floatin’ toward the opposite way, choosing to ignore my advice

I’m feeling the wake approaching

Growing the waves in motion

Center my locus as my focus

While my throat gets frozen

Still little fish inside water

Feel like this lake’s an ocean

You caught me drowning though I know I’ll turn around

I’ll match my ego with this darkness that I found

I’m peeling off tape, I’ll sew the sail up

Let go of dead weight and trust in my ways

Binding my shoulders, brace for these waves

Watching the ripples stray from the shade

Mouth rimmed with teeth eyes swimming slow

My shadow’s gripping won’t let me go

I feel it flexing and grab my throat

While I stretch the rope up against the boat

Feel like I’m up in a vortex

My body in folded contortions

How did it get goddamn out of orbit

I thought you were dormant

In the midst of these motherless omens

Is this life or am I just broken

Feeling possessed with no control

And now my throat is croaking

Stay away from the wake

The ripples and waves