
I'm trying not to drown
Beneath the sound
But it's taking over
I've tried to shut it down
But it grows ever loud
Two voices…
…to...
Kill the sound!
I'm trying not to drown
Beneath the sound
But it's taking over
I've tried to shut it down,
But it grows ever loud
Way…
…down
I'm trying
I'm trying
Not
To
Drown
Kill the sound!
Two voices in my head
And I want one of them dead
So I can focus…

…?
How does it feel trying not to drown,
swimming a sea of regret with your past bearing down upon you?
Selfish in nature, given…
…it feel trying not to drown,
swimming a sea of regret with your past bearing down upon you?
Begging forgiveness from lips that hold hatred…
…let sincerity move you?
How does it feel trying not to drown,
swimming a sea of regret with your past bearing down upon you?…

And I need you...
Ocean currents, sending you away...
Away from here
I'll keep swimming, trying not to drown...
... In my fear…
…the one to blame...
Ocean currents, sending you away...
Away from here
I'll keep swimming, trying not to drown...
... In my fear…
…
Away from here
I'll keep swimming, trying not to drown...
... In my fear
But for now, I'm on my way down
On my way down...

…a sleepwalk, immersed within deep thought
(trying not to drown) the misbegot wading past steep fault
(not to drown) fraught as your buckling…
…the (drift)
I start to (trying not drown), and then I sink
Into the paper (trying not to drown) , yo like I was ink
And when I'm writing (oh…
Into the paper (trying not to drown) , yo like I was ink
And when I'm writing (oh), I'm trapped in between the lines
And I escape…

…be
Stick around then you will see
[Chorus]
I'm just treading water
Trying not to drown
While you're standing…
…water
Trying not to drown
While you're standing on the edge
With both feet on the ground
If you only knew
How far you'd have to fall
Then baby you wouldn't want me at all…

…was all messed up, stuck in the water, trying not to drown
I had to pull myself out of the tide (tide, tide)
That's when I felt I…
…stuck in the water, trying not to drown
I had to pull myself out of the tide (tide, tide)
That's when I felt I was alive (alive, alive)…

And it's getting harder
Trying not to drown
Come on, baby, ooh
Come on, baby, come back to me
[Refrain]
One time for the girls that don't
Let…
Sending out an S.O.S. for our love
[Chorus]
Feels like I'm treading water
Waiting on your call
And it's getting harder
Trying not to drown…
By Nikki Flores
On album Demos

…underwater trying not to drown
The harder I fight, the deeper I fall
What am I so afraid to risk it all?
I wish that I could hear…
…[Chorus:]
I'm over my head and there's no way out
It's like I'm underwater trying not to drown
The harder I fight, the deeper I fall…
By Res Lauren (2019)
On album Antifake (2019)

…[Chorus 1]
If it rains it pours, when the sun is sore
Feel for open doors, trying not to drown
Barefoot on the floor now…
…for open doors, trying not to drown
Barefoot on the floor now that summer's here
I've spent my whole life without you around…

And it's getting harder
Trying not to drown
Come on, baby, ooh
Come on, baby, come back to me
[Refrain]
One time for the girls that don't
Let…
Sending out an S.O.S. for our love
[Chorus]
Feels like I'm treading water
Waiting on your call
And it's getting harder
Trying not to drown…

…-bam
Ba-da, bam-bam-bam-bam
[Verse 2: Ed Sheeran]
It's been a hell of a year, thank God we made it out
Yeah, we were ridin' a wave and trying not to drown…

…down (Yeah)
Even went to parties, trying to look around
Hit the bottom of a cup, trying not to drown, yeah
Thinking I'm getting tired…

…in the desert
But you're my oasis, yeah, you're my oasis
I am stuck in quicksand
And I am trying not to drown
Fell…
By Jasmine Thompson (2016)
On album Oasis (2016)

…in the desert
But you're my oasis, yeah, you're my oasis
I am stuck in quicksand
And I am trying not to drown
Fell…

…[Verse 1]
I thought I gave it my all but I'm still not gaining ground
Can I swim against the current when I'm trying not to drown…