#anxiety_thoughts
#drowning_in_thoughts
#haunted_by_the_past
#truth_beneath
#the_things_we_carry
#its_okay_to_feel

© 2025, lyrics & arrangement by Sashariel
Project: DIVIDED HORIZONS (DꖾS) (Web: divided-horizons.de)
Album: DARKWATER (EP)
Track #2 - DARKWATER

[INTRO]
𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔.
𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈.

[VERSE 1]
Shadows drift through the quiet around me,
and something inside responds
before I can name it.
Old moments rise from the depth,
carrying the fear
I tried to outrun.

I feel them circling,
slow and deliberate,
as if they’ve waited
for a place this still.

[PRE-CHORUS]
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅.

The pull isn’t sudden
it’s familiar,
like a truth
I left unfinished.
And the deeper it draws me,
the more I understand
I’ve been here before.

[CHORUS]
Darkwater…
rising around me, but I won’t disappear.
(Water…)
carrying echoes I needed to hear.

If it breaks me, let me break,
I’m done believing that I have to hide.
Darkwater…
I’m sinking, sinking… but opening inside.
(opening inside)

[POST-CHORUS DROP]
Opening inside
(Darkwater)

[VERSE 2]
Pieces of who I used to be
move through the current
not harsh,
not accusing,
just unfinished.

They drift closer
as if waiting
to be acknowledged
before they can rest.

[PRE-CHORUS 2]
Everything I tried to carry
was never meant to stay hidden.

The undertow doesn’t fight me.
It holds steady,
giving me space
to finally stop running
from myself.

[CHORUS 2]
Darkwater…
rising around me, but I won’t disappear.
Darkwater…
carrying echoes I needed to hear.

If it breaks me, let me break,
I’ve been drowning in the silence of my mind.
Darkwater…
I’m sinking, sinking… but something feels aligned.
(feels aligned)
(darkwater)

[BRIDGE]
𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅,
𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅
𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅,
𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕, 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕,
𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅.

𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒆…
𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆
𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒎𝒆.

And in the depth,
I finally see
the shape of what I’ve been avoiding.

[FINAL CHORUS]
Darkwater…
rising around me, but I won’t disappear.
Darkwater…
calling through the quiet I refused to hear.

If it breaks me, let me break,
I’m done pretending that the surface makes me whole.
Darkwater…
I’m sinking, sinking… but opening to control.
(opening to control)
(darkwater)

[OUTRO]
In the quiet after the pull,
I realize most of what drowned me
lived only in me...

The fear...
the weight...
the stories I repeated in the dark...
they were never coming from others.

Darkwater settles,
and for a moment
I see how often
I’ve mistaken my own reflection
for the world around me...