Everly - Quicksand

"Quicksand" by Everly, included in "B Tracks: Full Collection" (2010) and released under Hilasterion Records. Written by Bethany Joy Lenz and Amber Sweeney. No copyright infringement.
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QUICKSAND

I like to say
I've made good use of my time
while you've been away.
And it's true,
I've been in my piano every day
thinking of you.

They talk around,
I hear them whisper.
It's the funniest thing really,
they think you're gone forever.
I know the truth,
it's just getting hard to believe it.

When they all tell me it's love,
even the stars are aligned and I,

I follow the signs so clearly
and still I've fallen,
the quicksand's pulling me down.
I follow the signs so clearly
and still they catch me,
the quicksands pulling me down.

I'm not the same.
I can't sleep nights
and now I'm calling your name when I do.
And yet without you
they say I get on better
and better and better.

When they all tell me It's over,
I'll damn the gods until the stars are aligned and I,

I follow the signs so clearly
and still I've fallen,
the quicksand's pulling me down.
I follow the signs so clearly
and still they catch me,
the quicksands pulling me down.

Look at my life and look at my face,
can't you see my heart bleeding down my sleeve?
So you're holding my hand and holding my heart
but I just wanna feel your breath inside me so I can breathe.

Somewhere in the distance, I catch a spark of grace.
I hope it's something that makes me feel like I'm alive.
It's never too soon, it's never too late so I start screaming out.
I see your face, I see your hand reaching out, and I yell at you and I say,

I follow the signs so clearly
and still I've fallen,
the quicksand's pulling me down.
I follow the signs so clearly
and still they catch me,
the quicksands pulling me down.

I follow the signs so clearly
and still I've fallen,
the quicksand's pulling me down.
I know you can feel me rising,
and I'm on fire
if you keep on pulling me up.

Look at my life and look at my face,
and look where I've come to get to this place with you.
Being here to sit and lay at your feet
and rest in your arms and listen to your heart beat.