[Intro]
Yeah, the calm coils its grip, essence grinding to silt
Let’s descend in the barren zone, no tether to tilt
[Verse 1]
Morning alert rings dull, gaze parts but stays clouded
Overhead slab like a vault seal, physique a barnacle bound
Extremities dense as submerged oak logs, bloodstream thick with the blame
Cranium repeats the identical gash: every pact I defamed
I thumb across the discarded screens, figures I neglected outright
Signals bypassed, connections I demolished outright
They send “are you steady?” I counter with a false nod
Inside disintegrating, ribcage burdened with stagnant fog
Fingers trail bedclothes drenched in unrest refusing to lift
Reveries sapped my core in concealed realms no probe can hit
The surface returns a blurred outline with vacant gaze
The vitality that once sparked is now mist and charade
[Chorus]
These currents refuse to release their hold
They’ve been surging through me, turning warmth cold
Whenever your image surfaces in my view
These currents refuse to release their hold
I keep trusting one phase will carry them through
But these currents refuse to release their hold
These currents refuse to release their hold
[Verse 2]
The hours grind on amid the throng where I blend
Forced smiles cut like needles, I’m empty yet vast
Touches transmit interference, flesh reacts with a start
They ignore the splits, the identity that’s cast apart
Nourishment registers as rubble, gut churns and rejects
I force the sour down, compel intake none suspects
Chronometer jeers with laughs at a procession pace slow
I’m physically present but mentally no-show
Recalls to the nights I deflected each extended palm
Words like flint pieces I cast with no calm
Forged distances through my reticence, watched closeness fade from sight
Now the haven I formed leaves me the one adrift in the breach
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
Dusk folds around, colors drain to dull tone
Container remains idle, no numbing alone
Cognitions slice like blades through the tender inside
Every regret unvoiced, every exit I denied
I draft the confessions then wipe them away
Dreading the outcome more than the words I can’t say
Mattress engulfs me, covers frigid expanse
Night visions adorned with the faces I lost in advance
Body protests steady, no mark to assign blame
Essence seeping outward, departing the frame
Companions turn blurry, relatives seem unreal
I’m the outline at gatherings, existing yet sealed
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Suppose this descent marks the close of the rise
No uplift, no ally, just further demise
Provide no advice, I’ve merged with the scare
Stylus to page but the lines turn to snare
[Verse 4]
Sunrise strikes ruthless, same toxin in veins
Any glow just illusion, tearing what remains
Progress? Mere swamp, nurturing only the rot
Strike upon strike and the damage is not
Scorn the display that confronts my decline
Worse than imagined, craving the line
Dispersed every link, immersed in the haze
Replayed every error, now locked in this maze
Breath comes shallow, surrender hangs thick
Specter advancing with no one to pick
Fade to the barren, perception devoured by tone
Combat? Abandoned, perpetual alone
[Outro]
Yeah, currents surging on, no hold to break free
Darkness envelops, spirit numb, lost in the sea
These currents refuse to release their hold
They surge without warning, they claim what I am
I kept believing the turns would dissolve it all
But these currents refuse and I’m bound by the thrall
These currents refuse to release their hold
These currents refuse to release their hold
No
These currents refuse to release their hold
These currents refuse to release their hold