Undertow

(album: Shaped By Fire - 2019)

The life that I sought was
Already like a jail
Long before I was ever bound

Wrapped up in chains

No one had built the bonds
Use to hold me captive
I had locked away myself
In a captain-less ship

Destined to destroy ashore
Destruction was my savior
Crushing, collapse, crashing
From the impact

I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me

My control disappeared
'Cause it was never real

Aboard a ship with nowhere to go
Guided by lifelessness
A skeleton without a soul
Crushing
Collapse looming ahead
Crashing is imminent
From the impact

I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me
I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me, pulling me

Though I found freedom when
I stopped fighting everyone else
And loosened up the anchor
That I had tied around myself

I let go of the chains! Chains!
Just let go of the chains!
I let go of the chains used to hold me in
My addictions!

Killing me from within

I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me

I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me

I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me

Just let go of the chains! Chains!
I let go of the chains used to hold me in my addiction