Lyrics
[Intro — whispered, almost weightless] Ahhh… The night knows my name… And the sea knows where I go… [Verse 1] I left my shadow by the ocean door Where we said forever, but meant no more Your voice still sleeps inside these walls Like distant rain that never falls I walk where the silver water glows Following a heart that no longer knows If love is a harbor, or a place to drown I hear you calling when the sun goes down [Pre-Chorus — cello slowly rising] And I breathe in… I breathe out… But the tide keeps pulling me now… [Chorus — long, powerful sustained vocals] Undertowwwwwww… Pull me where the wild waves know Undertowwwwwww… I cannot stay, I cannot go Ohhhhhh, take me deeper… Deeper than the words we never said Undertowwwwwww… You keep pulling at my thread [Instrumental — cello, distant ocean ambience] [Verse 2 — intimate] There is a light beneath the blue A little piece of me still reaching you And every star that falls tonight Looks like the tears I hide from sight I loved you once, I love you still Like a lonely house upon the hill And though the years have washed away Your name is something the sea won’t take [Pre-Chorus — building] So I breathe in… I breathe out… But the tide keeps pulling me now… [Chorus — bigger, soaring] Undertowwwwwww… Pull me where the wild waves know Undertowwwwwww… I cannot stay, I cannot go Ohhhhhh, take me deeper… Deeper than the words we never said Undertowwwwwww… You keep pulling at my thread [Bridge — nearly silent, then gradually rising] If I disappear tonight… Will you remember me? If I become the ocean… Will you come looking for me? I hear your voice… I hear your voice… I hear your vooooooice— UNDERTOWWWWWWWWW… [Final Chorus — enormous sustained female vocal] Undertowwwwwww… Carry me beyond the shore Undertowwwwwww… I don’t know what I’m fighting for Ohhhhhh, take me deeper… Let the darkness open wide Undertowwwwwww… I surrender to the tide Undertowwwwwww… Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh— Undertowwwwwww… Don’t let me goooooo— [Outro — cello fades, whispered] Undertow… Undertow… Still pulling me… Still pulling me… Home.