Come Up for Air lyrics

IntroSlow water over my name
nobody calling me back

VerseI learned to live on the floor of this
counting the light like it owed me a kiss
held my breath till it turned into glass
told myself drowning was just letting pass

Pre-ChorusAnd the days went grey, and the grey went long
and I forgot the shape of the word I belong

ChorusCome up for air, come up for air
there's a whole tired sky that still wants you there
I waited so low for so long I forgot
that the surface was only an inch from the dark

VerseYou knocked on the water, I felt it like rain
soft little thunder above all the weight
I reached for the brightness, my hands wouldn't move
some part of me liked it down here in the blue

Pre-ChorusAnd the cold made a home, and the home made a wall
and I called it my peace so it wouldn't feel small

ChorusCome up for air, come up for air
there's a whole tired sky that still wants you there
I waited so low for so long I forgot
that the surface was only an inch from the dark

BridgeOne kick, one breath, one terrible climb
the light didn't leave me, it just took its time

OutroCome up
come up
the air was always there