Drowner Lyrics

Laying out the cards to see what's real

But shying away from damage

Pictures of towers falling

Just a sleight of a hand to make you feel

Looking to the horizon

I think the water's rising

Is there something there to fear?

Tie my hands to the mast and plug your ears

And you won't hear the sirens sing

I think they're drawing nearer

Saw you at the barricades again

Singing to raise our spirits

Over a hail of bullets

And hiding in the warmth of shared beliefs

Away from the storm that's coming

I think the car's still running

Was there something there to fear?

Tie my hands to the mast and plug your ears

And you won't hear the sirens sing

I think I feel them closing in

Maybe I want to let them

Come closer

And let them wash over me

Come closer

A let their voices burrow deep

Just to let the feeling

Come decide the road I take

As the waters hold me down

And the waves begin to break

I hear the sirens coming

I hear the sirens coming

Along a dark horizon

I hear the sirens coming

I hear the sirens coming

But it's not the weight of the water

No, it's the lack of air

Pulling the words from your body

Into a poetry of fear

And they control your vision

Until there's nothing left to see

Just the static flickering

Of an electrical sea

Cutting into all your wonder

And weaponising your dreams

Into a golden nightmare

That keeps ambition from your reach

And the waves keep breaking

And the sky 'comes overcast

And the sirens call out to you

As you hold on to the mast

Hold fast