im living breathless
in a house of cards
i always count my steps
i wish i felt this less
I'm on a dead end street
always shuffling my feet
Im on some endless beach
all i can do is reach
the shafts of light lay break
across the cold dead waves
always losing my way
theres way too much at stake
my worries swell and stack
hearing my knuckles crack
keep stress under attack
like strings they swell and snap

I woke up in atlantis
searching for a younger heart
I'm hurting for some love
and a way to breathe underwater
the rhymes they just repeat
and regulate my pulse
i never feel on beat
my words always ring false
and in her sleepy eyes
feel myself getting nervous
in dimly lighted rooms
things arent supposed to bloom
put this message in the bottle
and leave it out at sea
I'm never coming back
please dont come look for me

if you ever find this letter
please read between the lines
my lousy penmanship
tells a story all its own
Sometimes things fall apart
like hearts that stop and start
I keep the sleep at bay
I'm not sure if I'm safe