Drowning

from Prelude to Life by June Lake

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I came face to face with my old wounds
Saw them taking shape along the ocean shore
I buried it deep until a daring boyhood bravery
Came back to life
Considered throwing it all away
Just to begin again
Well I'll just hold out hope that one day you may
Come back home
But I shouldn't hold on to something I never even had
These thoughts, they get so romanticized
They may as well be fiction
I hate to leave you this way
Instead of packing a bag full of clothes
I'll fill it with your suffering
These walks alone, searching for some hidden meaning
Seem to only remind me of what I've lost
Instead of what I could gain
I've devoured all your pain, kept it close to my chest
A hand too complete for an obsolete heart

Well if you want me, you could have me
But for now, I'm the places you've forgotten about
I'm the unmarked path
I'm the rain on the outside of the glass
I'm the empty train tracks
I'm the lighthouse no longer in use
I'm the drowning with no lifeguard around
I'm drowning

I shouldn't have gone so far in such deep water
I've done this all to myself

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from Prelude to Life, released September 3, 2022

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