I Been Down

I Been Down Lyrics by Mack Hollowpoint Arrangement by M.H.B. I been down so long the daylight feels like smoke The river’s been whispering things it never spoke And I can feel the ground shifting under my boots Like the dam’s giving way and the town’s still planting roots You been carrying storms that never were yours You been patching up leaks in everybody’s floors And I can see in your eyes you’re done playing through You’re not waiting around for the flood to choose you I ain’t breaking And you ain’t broke We just learned when to move before the levees choke If the water’s rising Let it rise on through I been down, but I ain’t drowning with you Let the river take what it’s gonna take Let the dam come down if that’s what it’s gonna break I ain’t standing here waiting on the undertow’s cue I been down, but I’m walking with you I ain’t breaking And you ain’t broke We just learned when to leave before the old lines choke If the water’s rising Let it rise on through I been down, but I ain’t losing you I been down But not for long Not for long Fuck it