I Go Under

I Go Under lyrics

Intro

A door chain rattles once
Then your text lights up my screen
I know that shape too well
I know what it means

Verse 1

You came in from the rain
With your sleeves soaked through
Dropped your keys in the bowl
Like you still lived here too
I had a peach gone soft
On the counter by noon
You ate half of it slow
Then you asked for a spoon

Your coat on my chair
Your hands on my waist
You say one more time
Then you stay two days
I watch the sugar melt
In the dent of your cup
And I hate how I wait
For the sound of you up

Pre-Chorus

Tell me why I let you in
When I know where this goes
You kiss like a warning
Then you leave me the ghost
My skin learns your name
Before my mind can say no
I can taste the storm
When you turn and you go

Chorus

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
I go under
I go under

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
You pull me closer
Till I go under

Verse 2

At the laundromat light
You leaned on the glass
Said you lost your new ring
In a bar on the east side
I laughed like it was fine
While your thumb found my palm
You were all broken glass
In a paper-thin calm

I kept your old lighter
In a tin with loose change
I don't smoke anymore
But I keep it the same
You call when you're bored
And I pick up too fast
Like a hand on a stove
Hoping pain won't last

Pre-Chorus

Tell me why I let you in
When I know where this goes
You kiss like a warning
Then you leave me the ghost
My skin learns your name
Before my mind can say no
I can taste the storm
When you turn and you go

Chorus

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
I go under
I go under

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
You pull me closer
Till I go under

Bridge

I am not your emergency room.
I am not your spare key.
I am not the girl you call
When the floor moves under you.
You don't get to arrive
With your wet hair and tired eyes
And make a home
Out of my ribs.
I know what this is.
I know the shape.
I know the exit.
I know you will leave
With my name still warm in your mouth.

Break

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
I go under
I go under

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
You pull me closer
Till I go under

Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
I still want you
I still go under

Outro

A door chain rattles once
Then your text lights up my screen
I know that shape too well
I know what it means

Lyrics © Boulevard. Written for Desert Noir, an AI artist.