Riptide - Ten Foot Pole

I could’ve lied

The truth a needle in your eye

The wound a band-aid won’t heal

But I persist

And try to tell it like it is

What’s the point if we’re not real?

Riptide sweeps me out to drown

Flailing arms and aching chest

The more I struggle, the more it wears me down

How long can I hold my breath?

Another test

You used to say I was the best

So proud to walk by my side

Now you see

All the shit that’s wrong with me

Can you accept it?

Will you try?

Riptide sweeps me out to drown

Flailing arms and aching chest

The more I struggle, the more it drags me down

How long can I hold my breath?

Rolling choking

Still I’m kicking

Drifting farther out to sea

I won’t let go

Of my dim hopes somehow

You’ll make it out to me

Rolling choking

Still I’m kicking

Drifting farther out to sea

I won’t let go

Of my dim hopes somehow

You’ll make it out to me