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Drowning

Loving you is like drowning
And you're the air above the sea
I can't reach you, can't get to you
All because I was never taught how to swim
All my lungs want is a breath of you
But I'm only getting short gasps
Because that's all you let me have
And those gasps only last so long
Before I need more air
I need more of you
But the ocean is pulling me in
And you're not trying to pull me back
One day I'll give up on you
Let the salt water fill my lungs
But I don't want to do that because
Then my eyes will lose their light
And my skin will grow cold
Until I'm not living, just floating
Deprived of you, the air
Lifeless forever and ever
So I will keep pushing
To get those little gasps
Just to get a few more seconds of life
Because it's worth it for you to fill my lungs
Fill my blood fill my mind
Give me hope give me life
Even if I know the water will win eventually
I will keep fighting against this darkness
Even if you will never try to save me
And one day I'll finally get pulled under
Drowning will be a relief of exhaustion
And drowning will be my sweet death