Treading Water

I swam my way back up to the surface
 Hanging onto hope only by my purpose
 Constantly silencing the wave
 That swells inside my head
 Reminds me why I should be dead
 Now the water's rising up
 And I'm sinking fast
 I can't believe the voice
 That's inside of me
 It always tries to convince me
 I'm drowning
 I try to take a breath
 My lungs fill up with death
 Treading water
 It's pulling me under
 And now you're gone
 Following all the rest
 A betrayal that feels
 Just like a knife to the chest
 But in the end everything will be okay
 I take comfort in knowing
 The tide will sweep me away
 And I'm just learning
 To live with myself
 Without anybody else
 It's just getting too damn hard
 To wash away all these scars
 I can't believe the voice
 That's inside of me
 It always tries to convince me
 I'm drowning
 I try to take a breath
 My lungs fill up with death
 Treading water
 It's pulling me under
 
 Treading water
 It's pulling me under
 Treading water
 It's pulling me under
 Each wave, I brace
 To lose all progress I have made
 With each wave, I brace
 To lose all progress
 I'm falling deep
 Each wave, I've braced
 To lose all progress I've made
 I'm falling deep
 I'm losing sleep
 I can't keep going on this way