Inkmouth

the drowning child

Floating
Floating in the swimming pool
She doesn't breathe
Anymore

Sinking
Rocks in my pockets
I can't reach
The floor

Waiting
Waiting in a deadpool
The chlorine, my love
Will take me

Take me
The chlorine
My love

And how do you love
It wears me out
And how do you run
It wears me out

And how do you love
You never got that far
And how do you swim
When your lungs fill with tar

The chlorine, my love, will take me
Take me, the chlorine, my love

Touching
So close but she doesn't breathe
She doesn't breathe
Anymore

Sinking
Rocks in my pockets
I can't reach
The floor

Rotting
My insides eat themselves
Smell of organ
Failure

The rotting, my love, will take me
Take me, the rotting, my love

And how do you love
It wears me out
And how do you run
It wears me out

And how do you love
You never got that far
And how do you swim
When your lungs fill with tar

And I stay awake
Cos I'm scared you won't die
And you watch me fade
Then you watch me fly

Floating
Floating in the swimming pool
She doesn't breathe
Anymore

Sinking
Rocks in my pockets
I'll never touch
The floor