Swimming in deep waters
Against a stream of blackness
I try to keep my head up
Keep smiling while I fight
Swimming in deep waters
The current works against me
Cold hands are trying to pull me
Away from air and light
Thousand eyes are watching me
Witness my stupidity
And hope to see me fail and finally drown
Thousand eyes will testify
How I’m foundering by and by
Slowly sinking, slowly going down
I will never give in
Don’t you see me crying
I will keep my head up
Keep fighting while I smile
My weakness is a secret
That you shall never notice
If I ever go down
I’m going down in style
My cry for help will not be heard
My lips wont let a single word
Slip and sound and call for its regard
Those thousand eyes will never seeIm suffering to the third degree
And just pretending to be tough and hard
My strength is quickly waning
I see the shore before me
I struggle to keep floating
And keep my dignity
I made it to the shoreline
Once more escaped the danger
The thousand eyes have vanished
Into eternity
A reservoir of uncried tears
Is built out of my doubts and fears
It never drained, this dam did never break
Now that I’ve escaped the seas
Im drowning in those uncried tearsIm drowning in my inner secret lake
Natalie Broadhead is an architect and musician in her fifties who mainly writes song lyrics. Her subjects are mostly about family, relationships, and how to lead a purposeful and fulfilling life. She is a keen reader of English and American literature. Natalie has British roots but currently lives in Switzerland.