[Verse 1]
We never dropped the anchor (We never dropped the anchor)
We only held it off the side (We only held it off the side)
While you prayed our ship was coming (While you prayed our ship was coming)
I knew the wind already died (I knew the wind already died)

Sometimes the undertow (Sometimes the undertow)
Feels like the tide (Feels like the tide)
Sometimes the brutal truth (Sometimes the brutal truth)
It cuts you like a knife

[Pre-Chorus]
(Hey, hey, hey)

[Chorus]
I was suffocated where I stand
But I'm not just the shadow of a man

[Verse 2]
You never asked for nothin' (You never asked for nothin')
I only wish you would've begged (I only wish you would've begged)
While the life through our window (While the life through our window)
Fed like flies on the dead

Sometimes adrenaline (Sometimes adrenaline)
Is the only way that we survived (Is the only way that we survived)
And sometimes the bleakest days (And sometimes the bleakest days)
Are the only place to hide
[Pre-Chorus]
(Hey, hey, hey)

[Chorus]
I was suffocated where I stand
But I'm not just the shadow of a man

[Bridge]
Get away from the off-white picket fence
How long will you wake up to the dead?
("Hold on, hold on," she said)
("Hold on, hold on," she said)

I'm just a dreadful vampire
Sittin' on this crumbling empire
I dissolve and melt and crack
And I'm the one that won't come back

You can't ever smile (You can't ever smile), you can't ever breathe (You can't ever breathe)
You can't have my child (You can't have my child) if you're pregnant with me (If you're pregnant with me)
You can't have a soul (You can't have a soul), and you just can't let it be (And you just can't let it be), yeah

[Outro]
Sometimes the undertow (Sometimes the undertow)
It feels like the tide (It feels like the tide)
Sometimes the brutal truth (Sometimes the brutal truth)
It cuts you like a knife (It cuts you like a knife)
Sometimes you pray that someone (Sometimes you pray that someone) throws you a line (Throws you a line)
'Cause you can't live if you're suffocatin'