Water
Breaking Benjamin
What's all this talk of a notion?
I'd rather drink from the ocean
What did you mean when you said no?
I only want what is best for you
I won't ever let you drown
No I won't ever let you down
Cause I am my enemy
The water's up to the knee
I know what'll happen from here
Yes I do, yes I do!
My engines already died
My head's so fucked up inside
Shut up
I know!
I said so.
There is no end to recover
You tell me there is no other
The surface is getting hotter
Well I'll shove your head underwater!
I won't ever let you drown
No I won't ever let you drown
Cause I am my enemy
The water's up to the knee
I don't want anything from you!
Yes I do, yes I do!
My engines already died
My head's so fucked up inside
Shut up
I know!
Cause I said so.
Cause I am my enemy
The water's up to the knee
I don't want anything from you
Yes I do, yes I do!
My engines about to die
My head's so fucked up inside
Shut up
I know!
I said so.
Shut up
I know
I said so
Shut up
Cause I know
I said…
So…
What's all this talk of a notion?
Why did the man proceed to think that he knew better than Harry?
I'd rather drink from the ocean
Whatever his new reasons for discontinuing whatever it was they had, Harry was not going to stand for it.
What did you mean when you said no?
Had the man meant yes when he had said no? Had his eyes betrayed him? He could not remember.
I only want what is best for you
The lie they often told. But never Snape. No, the man would never say that out loud. He might not even think or feel it at all.
I won't ever let you drown
He could depend on the man, surely. He knew where his loyalties lie, in that respect. But he wanted so much more. So much more…
No I won't ever let you down
And as hard as he tried, and told himself that lie, time and time again he dissatisfied the people around him.
Cause I am my enemy
The marks on his skin were testament enough for his unstable insanity. His inner self and his outer self, at war far more often than not.
The water's up to the knee
Things seemed to be closing in.
I know what'll happen from here
Die at the hands of the Dark Lord…? At his own…? At another's…?
Yes I do, yes I do!
In the end, the outcome remained the same.
My engines already died
Dead inside. Gone from here and left quite happily. Racing along with no one inside, speeding around corners when his engine had already died.
What would they say if they knew?
My head's so fucked up inside
He moved his lips soundlessly, addressing the endless screams and whispers in his mind.
Shut up
I know!
I said so.
What was the purpose, anyway? He certainly did not live for himself. Who, in his shoes, would? Born to die, why live to end? He lived not for his 'friends', or those who counted on him. They would die anyway, why not now, here?
Until now he had lived for his brief points of heightened clarity. Pain that brought him starkly to the world, and pleasure that floated him far beyond it.
There is no end to recover
But that had ended now, as well. As all things do.
You tell me there is no other
"…No other way for this to go, Potter. It is finished," the door slammed in his face.
The surface is getting hotter
Pressed into this tight space
Well I'll shove your head underwater!
His anger should have erupted at Snape.
But instead he found himself fallen victim.
I won't ever let you drown
He was drowning himself
No I won't ever let you down
He was lower than any possible retribution
Cause I am my enemy
He did this to himself
The water's up to the knee
It was getting closer
I don't want anything from you!
He hated the man. loathed him.
Yes I do, yes I do!
Longed for him. Needed him, relished the sight of him.
My engines running on dry
Gone.
My head's so fucked up inside
Stop! Yelled silently at his soundless voices.
Shut up
I know!
Cause I said so.
Close
Cause I am my enemy
It came closer
The water's up to the knee
Faster
I don't want anything from you
He roared with laughter
Yes I do, yes I do!
The hands on his shoulders, he spun around
My engines about to die
Sputtered flicker going to drown.
My head's so fucked up inside
Quiet kisses seal up the mind.
Shut up
The voices listen this time
I know!
He knew this was all it took.
I said so.
The man was stronger than ever he looked
Shut up
Pressed down onto his knees.
I know
Voices roaring into screams.
I said so
Orders calmly received.
Shut up
Mouth put to better use
Cause I know
Thoughts gone and running loose
I said…
Stay in this moment of time
So…
Don't leave me here or I'll die!
"I know,"
Quiet words
From above
Voices gently hushed
Heightened moments in time
Lived for and strongly lived this night
Cause I know!
I said so…