Undertow - As I Lay Dying

The life that I sought was

Already like a jail

Long before I was ever bound

Wrapped up in chains

No one had built the bonds

Use to hold me captive

I had locked away myself

In a captain-less ship

Destined to destroy ashore

Destruction was my savior

Crushing, collapse, crashing

From the impact

I can’t escape the undertow that’s pulling me

But I keep fighting to get away

The undertow that’s pulling me, pulling me

My control disappeared

'Cause it was never real

Aboard a ship with nowhere to go

Guided by lifelessness

A skeleton without a soul

Crushing

Collapse looming ahead

Crashing is imminent

From the impact

I can’t escape the undertow that’s pulling me

But I keep fighting to get away

The undertow that’s pulling me, pulling me

I can’t escape the undertow that’s pulling me, pulling me

Though I found freedom when

I stopped fighting everyone else

And loosened up the anchor

That I had tied around myself

I let go of the chains!

Chains!

Just let go of the chains!

I let go of the chains used to hold me in

My addictions!

Killing me from within

I can’t escape the undertow that’s pulling me

But I keep fighting to get away

The undertow that’s pulling me, pulling me

I can’t escape the undertow that’s pulling me

But I keep fighting to get away

The undertow that’s pulling me, pulling me

I can’t escape the undertow that’s pulling me

But I keep fighting to get away

The undertow that’s pulling me, pulling me

Just let go of the chains!

Chains!

I let go of the chains used to hold me in my addiction