You barely feel the cold below Until you give it up and slip back in A voice is calling from the undertow And part of you wants the voice to win Keep an eye open for the friendly shore Tell yourself it's not a problem anymore A couple inches added to a deadly drift The undertaker measures, moving swift UNDERTOW Take a swig, it takes a drag UNDERTOW Gonna quit you with a humble brag Shore gets farther out and light is fading fast Feelin' heavy, getting slow Every day another go in the undertow Chains you to an oar like you're a galley slave The sirens in the water call you by your name Sin within the stroke and riding every wave Laughing at the joke that fighting back became Two steps forward to the starting line Twelve steps backward and you say it's fine Running to the owner who already sold you Begging for a demon if it promises to hold you... UNDERTOW Stop and raise a helpless hand Hold on tight to where you stand Do it now or you will never know That you can break the hold of undertow Surrender is the only victory You'll never run the race by skill alone There is a lighthouse lit for you to see It has a power higher than your own UNDERTOW You take a swig It takes a drag UNDERTOW Gonna quit you with a humble brag Shore gets farther out and light is fading fast Feelin' heavy, getting slow Every day another go in the undertow
