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Artist: As I Lay Dying
Canonical path: /as-i-lay-dying/undertow
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Undertow
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Undertow
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The life that I sought was
Already like a jail
Long before I was ever bound
Wrapped up in chains
No one had built the bonds
Use to hold me captive
I had locked away myself
In a captain-less ship
Destined to destroy ashore
Destruction was my savior
Crushing, collapse, crashing
From the impact
I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me
My control disappeared
'Cause it was never real
Aboard a ship with nowhere to go
Guided by lifelessness
A skeleton without a soul
Crushing
Collapse looming ahead
Crashing is imminent
From the impact
I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me
I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me, pulling me
Though I found freedom when
I stopped fighting everyone else
And loosened up the anchor
That I had tied around myself
I let go of the chains! Chains!
Just let go of the chains
I let go of the chains used to hold me in
My addictions
Killing me from within
I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me
I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me
I can't escape the undertow that's pulling me
But I keep fighting to get away
The undertow that's pulling me, pulling me
Just let go of the chains! Chains!
I let go of the chains used to hold me in my addiction
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