From the recording Hold My Breath
This is all about the feelings involved the moment you find out you've lost someone significant in your life.
For me it felt like I was drowning in a raging sea during a storm.
Lyrics
Dark Overture/Hold My Breath
If I could hold my breath forever
And let the water carry me
I'd let the river current
Carry me out into the sea
But as it is I think I'm drowning
And I can't see the shore
And I just can't believe
That you won't be here anymore
If I could swim forever
Through crashing waves upon the sea
I'd find a way to save you
And bring you back with me
But I'm barely treading water
But I don't think I care
I just can't believe
You finally climbed the golden stairs
You won't be here anymore
And here I slowly drown
You ascend on high
While I am sinking down
And I am forced to save the passengers
Of this shipwreck you have bore
And I can't believe you won't be here anymore
Oh, slipping and sliding, slipping and sliding
Down, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh