This Is Not an Exit

Tonight will be
The night that we
Begin to ease
The plugs out of the dam

And we will stand
Knee deep in the flow
The undertow will
Grab our heels and won't let go

And while we hold
Our legs quivering
The water rises now
To our teeth when we just let go

Chorus: And sail, belly up to the clouds
The rocks scraping our backs
To breathe in the air will be
The only thing that we have

And all the wasted nights
And empty moments in our lives
Flushed away
As we sway with the rhythm

Of the waves
Bobbing us up
Crests fall to troughs
Feel our gills open up

Chorus

And if the hook sets in
The bottom of our lungs
We'll rip it out and
Lick the blood off with our tongues

Despair
Can ravage you
If you turn your head around
And look down the path

That's led you here
Cause what can you change?
You're a vessel now
Floating down the waterways

You can take your rudder
And aim your ship
Just don't bother
With the things left in your wake

Just sail, belly up to the clouds
The rocks scraping your back
To the breathe in the air will be
The only thing that you have

And your love will be warm nights
With pockets of moonlight
Spotlighting you as you drift,
The actor in this play

And you walk across the stage
Take a bow and hear the applause
And as the curtain falls
Just know you did it all

The best that you knew how
And you can hear them cheerin' now
So let a smile and show your teeth
Cause you know you lived it well