DEEP BLUE

I held you tight, as if it would not last 
The night — with no light — it wouldn’t seem to pass 
My words, empty like my promises 
I cursed you 
  
I was trying to let you know that I could never let you go 
I just tried to hold you close, to feel your heart beat in my throat 
Now it seems I’ve lost control, but from what I do not know 
You go down, down, down, down, down 
To the deep blue 
  
I hoped that you would float up to the surface 
But you sunk like a stone down through the ocean 
Just like a knife cutting through my soul 
I lost my grip and with it my control 
  
I was trying to let you know that I could never let you go 
I just tried to hold you close, to feel your heart beat in my throat 
Now it seems I’ve lost control, but from what I do not know 
You go down, down, down, down, down 
You go down, down, down, down, down 
  
Go grab yourself a cigarette 
And smoke it till that ash burns red 
  
It comes back to you — we’ve gone full circle 
And yes it’s true I still yearn for you 
And my hands are stained from the blood of this slaughter 
And you are gone in the depths of the water 
  
I was trying to let you know that I could never let you go 
I just tried to hold you close, to feel your heart beat in my throat 
Now it seems I’ve lost control, but from what I do not know 
You go down, down, down, down, down 
To the deep blue 
To the deep blue 
  
©2016 Noah Derksen (SOCAN/ASCAP). All rights reserved. Lyrics used by permission only.