In this sinking ship I know tonight will be my last
I close the hatch and wait for death
I think about the one I left behind and life gone past
Before I draw one final breath
These frozen waters are so far away from her embrace
Oh God I wish I were back home
Caught in the grip of ice that wrings my neck and eats my face
I've never felt so damned alone
I'm a drowning man
A sinking man
I feel this vessel sinking deeper into the unknown
Emerald eyes come into sight
With her jet-black hair and skin as white as arctic snow
Her memory turns my heart to ice
But in my heart of hearts I know that we will reunite
I don't know why and I don't know how
But for tonight it's farewell to her and this dreary life
It's all over for me now
I'm a drowning man
A sinking man
Drowning man
Sinking man
Drowning man
Her eyes in the Aurora Borealis
Like liquid green splashed on blackened canvas
Dark skies descending on the hometown
The lights are on but the soul's already outbound
Come now my darling weep not for my soul
Be it sent to heaven or hell down below
For you shall be waiting with arms open wide
With hair black and skin white all bathed in moonlight
Hereafter I perished in waters so cold
In vain that my story should never be told
Condemned to be swallowed by inky black waves
Forever to rest in my watery grave
credits
from The New Despair,
released May 6, 2020
Performed by Northtop Gunman
Written by David Buchan, Conor "Cod" O'Donnell and Ruiri Harker
Produced by Fud Records
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