Black Waters

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Black Waters Lyrics written by: David Wolfe [Intro] "And the floods compassed me about... even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head." [Verse I] The wreck still groans beneath the waves where splintered prayers decay, A vessel built from borrowed truth now slowly drifts away. The bells I heard above the storm still echo faint and far, Like ghosts of faith that lost their voice beneath a dying star. Salt upon my tongue like grief that never found release, Every breath a fading thread that pulls me out of peace. The sky dissolves to shadow as the tide consumes the light, And all I was dissolves with it into the swallowing tide. No hand remains to pull me from the wreckage of my name… Only silence answers where the ocean learned my pain. [Pre-Chorus I] The deeper that I sink, the less I feel the chains— The weight that once defined me now dissolves into the waves. [Chorus I] Black waters call me gently to the place I cannot see, Where every broken piece of me becomes the deepest sea. The surface fades behind me like a lie I used to know, And something waits beneath it where the dying currents flow. No prayers can reach the depths where all my memories descend, No voice remains to save me, no illusion to defend. If drowning is the ending that was written into me— Then let the black waters decide what I will be. [Verse II] I see the life I lived above like fragments in the tide, A child bound in scripture with no place left to hide. A father fading slowly into metal, borrowed breath, A house that turned to winter long before it spoke of death. A mother that called it love while tightening every chain, A throne built out of doctrine carved from suffering and pain. A self that tried to fight it, tried to claw against the fall— Now drifting through the silence, I am nothing at all. The deeper that I wander, the less I recognize the shore… The name I held is slipping—I don’t hear it anymore. [Pre-Chorus — slightly darker, less human] The deeper that I sink, the less I feel the weight— As if the dark below me always knew that I would break. [Chorus II] Black waters pull me further from the world I left behind, Where every truth I ever knew begins to blur and unwind. The surface is a memory that’s fading into gray, And something in the depths is pulling every thought away. No light remains to guide me, no breath remains to plead, The current wraps around me like a quiet, patient creed. If drowning is the answer to the question left in me— Then let the black waters reshape what I will be. [Bridge] No scream escapes me now… No fear remains to fight… The dark is not a void— It feels like something… alive. No hands… no chains… no voice… no name… No past… no pain… no need… no blame… Just something vast… And something waiting… [Final Chorus] Black waters take me deeper than the breath I used to hold, Where something ancient stirs within the silence cold. The surface is forgotten, like a dream I left to die, And something in the abyss is waking deep inside. No god remains above me, no heaven left to see, Only something vast below that’s reaching out to me. If this is where the broken and the forsaken come to be— Then let the black waters awaken what’s in me. [Outro] The current slows… The silence grows… No breath remains… No world I know… And something shifts… Beneath my skin… No shape… no voice… Just something… beneath… The ocean opens… I do not fight… I let it take… What I called life… And in the deep… Where names decay… Something awakens… As I fade away… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Album "Truth & Illusion" OUT NOW!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------