She told me to save myself She told me to spare her from the drama She thinks oxygen can’t help Maybe she wanted to drown, I wonder That empty stare of murdered will to live A castaway with no strength to retrieve I fight these choices I have Aim the impossible Adrift and powerless to save her From the chances she intended to stand I told her to stick with me And stay awake throughout that nightmare I told her to grab my hand But she held onto failure instead and so she stood there I fight these choices I have Aim the impossible Adrift and powerless to save her From the chances she intended to stand I told her to stick with me And stay awake throughout that nightmare I told her to grab my hand But she held onto failure instead and so she stood there That empty stare of murdered will to live A castaway with no strength to retrieve All hope and wreckage underwater Pull me back into the light of day All hope and wreckage underwater It’s all that takes to make me want to live I told her to stick with me And stay awake throughout that nightmare I told her to grab my hand But she held onto failure instead and so she stood there