Warning Shot

Spit straight from the river to the ocean
Sputtering out a silent plea
Pure heart longing to stay unbroken
While the wreckage had left me stunned and open
Blood in the eye of memory
Time still frozen in forward motion

(Keep calm, hold it all together)
(Maybe your final thought)
(Maybe a warning shot)

White coats in a room of pure commotion
Measuring up my unlived life
Coinflip chances I can put my hopes in

And here among the nearly drowned
Every dream becomes a thorn upon your crown
No one ever warned you how
They all burn you as you're fading out
The things you never planned to die without

Spit straight from the river to the ocean
Stubbornly drowning silently
All that you are forever lost at sea

Here among the nearly drowned
You can feel the earth begin to pull you down
No one ever warned you how
They all burn you as you're fading out
The things you never plan to die without

Straight from the river to the ocean
Treading wearily (warily)
Unable to swim upstream