Take a last look
You keep what you took
Here we part ways
I see an island
I see my last chance
No time to waste

‘Cause you won’t take me down with you
It would take a willful fool to believe
This ship’s not sinking
It takes everything I know
To let go and watch it slip underneath
I’ve gotta keep swimming

Hands pleading
Eyes scheming
Heard it all before
In my own voice
A panicked, thin noise
Keep my head to shore

‘Cause you won’t take me down with you
It would take a willful fool to believe
This ship’s not sinking
It takes everything I know
To let go and watch it slip underneath
I’ve gotta keep swimming

You won’t take me down with you
Not today
You won’t take me down with you
I am safe
You won’t take me down with you
Beneath the waves
You won’t take me down with you
I am safe

words and music by Shannon Curtis
published by Shannon K (ASCAP)
all rights reserved; lyrics reprinted by permission