The Deep End · 深水区

[Verse 1 - June]

Cannonballs and chlorine summers

You held my hand and counted to three

I jumped before you said it's over

Now the water's up to my knees

[Verse 2 - Elias]

I watched you from the shallow end

Learning how to float on my own

You dove in deep before I could

And I've been treading here alone

[Pre-Chorus - both]

And the chlorine stings our eyes

But we keep them open wide

[Chorus - both, staggered]

We're sinking in the deep end

Not drowning, just going down

You learned to swim in water

That I'm still learning how

We're sinking in the deep end

Holding our breath so long

The water's warm, the water's cold

And neither of us wrong

[Verse 3 - June]

September came and took the lifeguard

The concrete cracked, the leaves came down

I texted you a photo of the empty pool

You heart-reacted to it, never made a sound

[Verse 4 - Elias]

I moved away the following spring

You stayed to finish out the year

We never had a fight to blame

Just the deep end, and the fear

[Pre-Chorus - both]

And the chlorine stings our eyes

But we keep them open wide

[Chorus - both, staggered]

We're sinking in the deep end

Not drowning, just going down

You learned to swim in water

That I'm still learning how

We're sinking in the deep end

Holding our breath so long

The water's warm, the water's cold

And neither of us wrong

[Bridge - June then Elias then both]

June: Maybe growing up is learning

Elias: how to float without the floor

Both: Maybe love is just the shallow end

And we both wanted more

We both wanted more

[Final Chorus - both, staggered]

We're floating in the deep end

Not sinking, just going round

You learned to swim in water

That I'm still learning how

We're floating in the deep end

Letting our breath out long

The water's warm, the water's cold

And neither of us wrong

[Outro - alternating, fading]

June: Cannonballs and chlorine summers

Elias: you held my hand and counted to three

Both: I jumped before you said it's over

June: now the water's up to...

Elias: ...my knees