drowning willingly

Verse 1)

Celebrations, celebrations — the streets are blooming wild

We've launched our little boats into the river of time

No more holding back — into the current fast

We're not here to float… we're here to sink at last

(Chorus)

Swimming is not our way — drowning is what we choose

Otherwise, just breathing in and out — you live, you lose

One more breath, one more year, then what's the point to prove?

We'd rather burn than bore ourselves… we'd rather break than soothe

(Verse 2)

From here to there — we've measured every mile

And called those distances destiny's own style

Wrapped ourselves in helplessness, wore it like a crown

Then broke every guard we built… and let ourselves fall down

(Chorus)

Swimming is not our way — drowning is what we choose

Otherwise, just breathing in and out — you live, you lose

We'd rather burn than bore ourselves… we'd rather break than soothe

We lost ourselves completely… and found a treasure, strange and loose

(Verse 3)

We kept running, kept racing — wiped the sweat again

Found one end, found the other… but never found the whole

Piece by piece by piece by piece — a never-ending scroll

Where's the thing you call complete? It never showed its face

(Chorus – softer, more tired)

Swimming is not our way — drowning is what we choose

Otherwise, just breathing in and out — you live, you lose

We'd rather burn than bore ourselves… we'd rather break than soothe

(Bridge)

Sitting by the river now, lying in the cold wind's kiss

Doing nothing, being nowhere — and somehow finding this

You don't learn life by running… you learn it sitting still

By letting go of wanting… and letting time just spill

(Final Chorus – full voice, defiant but peaceful)

Swimming was never our way — drowning is what we choose

Otherwise, just breathing — no, that life we refuse

Celebrations, celebrations — the streets are blooming wide

We threw our boats in time's black stream… and smiled when they capsized

(Outro – spoken-sung, laughing slightly)

Not here to float…

Not here to float…

We'd rather drown…

Than be bored…