The slowness of the song and the softness of Durham’s voice is what makes this song so powerful. This song has an overall depressing tone and it is ‘drowning’ in water-related imagery.
The ice is struck
This ship goes down
How can I not touch you dear and why don’t I drown
I would slacken my grip
Sleep a watery sleep
And dream of your silk skin in the ocean deep
As it holds you underwater have you, have you suffered enough?
As it holds you underwater, will you, will you give it up?
Have you suffered enough?
Have you suffered enough?
Blind on the inside
Drunk on the ropes
Salt water bearing down, yeah, brackish in my throat
I told you the truth about me
This mutinous heart
The battle’s won, I know but, the war is lost
As it holds you underwater will you give it up?
Have you suffered enough?
Have you suffered enough and will you give it up?
I’ll be the one to lay your head down on this golden shrine
I’ll be the one to breathe your breath when all this lies behind
As it holds you underwater
As it holds you underwater
As it holds you underwater
As it holds you underwater have you suffered enough?
As it holds you underwater have you suffered enough?
As it holds you underwater have you suffered enough?
As it holds you underwater have you suffered enough?
Black Lab released Underwater on Tue May 13 2014.