Drowning

from Basement Quarantine by Matt Talmage

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I think I'm coming down with something lately
I just can't seem to sleep
My thoughts weigh heavy in the silent hours
They're pressing down on me

I've got a big, bad man living in my head
Trying to escape
I do all I can
Just to keep him at bay
I just need a little break

Another early morning hour
Treading water
Til the dawn of the day
Another restless red eye ride
On through the waves

And I wake worn down
The bad man comes out
And takes a little bit more of me
I think I'm coming down with something lately
I just can't seem to sleep

I'm drowning
I'm drowning in my sheets

I think I'm falling faster lately
I just can't seem to breathe
My lungs stretch tightly in the summer evening
Yeah they choke down on me

I've got deep, dark thoughts swimming in my gut
Yeah they're screaming my name
I do all I can
Just to keep them away
I just need a little break

Another early morning hour
Treading water
Til the dawn of the day
Another white knuckle night spent
Kicking myself awake

When the sun comes up
The dark thoughts get stuck
And take a little bit more of me
I think I'm falling faster lately
I just can't seem to breathe

So what the hell am I gonna do?
Can I get a grip?
And if I did could I ever loosen it?
'Cause I'm wound up so tight
I'm gonna break in two
What the hell am I gonna do?

I'm drowning
I'm drowning in my sheets
Come sink with me

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from Basement Quarantine, released June 5, 2020

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Matt Talmage New York, New York

occasional songwriter from nyc.

used to have a band called man in a crowd.

mostly just play for my cats now.

@MattTalmage

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