Name: Treading Water
Duration: P00H03M43S
Description: First single we released with our old vocalist.

Treading Water

by IORI

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First single we released with our old vocalist.

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I know you're sick of this place.
I see you there stumbling around in the dark, reaching for something to stabilize yourself.
Blank stares off into the distance.
You don't know where to go, or even where to start.
Where in the hell should I start?
I see you there second guessing yourself.
You want to swim but you're still treading water.
Your legs are kicking but you've no where to go.
This complacency is pulling you under.
I see you there second guessing yourself.
Tying anchors to ankles is all that you know.
It's pulling you under; you're caught in the undertow.
It's pulling you under. Keep your head above the water.
It's pulling you under, water filling up your lungs as you fight to survive.
Fight to survive.
I know what it's like, I have seen through your eyes. Fight to survive.
The longer you wait while wondering where to go, the closer you come to the dead man's home.
Put your hands out, always asking for hope.
I know where you are. I know where to go.
Put your hands out. The hands of the grave are reaching for you.
I won't let you go.
I will carry you home.
Oh son, I will carry you home.
I'll take the weight of the world on my shoulders.
I'll take the burdens you can't carry.
All it took was an answer.
All it took was a hope.
If you would've just asked me, I would have carried you home.
All it took was a hope.
If you would've just asked me, I would've carried you home.

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released March 3, 2012
Produced by Ryan Bentley and KJ Strock at Goliath Studios.

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