The Iron Bed - Soul Blues Icon
The air is screaming
rust flakes in my mouth
cold waters at my knees
black brine coming for the rest
can't find the ladder
steel doors fuse shut
I'm just waiting on the weight
waiting on the deep
pull me down
drag me to the bed
heavy water in the lungs
let the river have the head
oh let it have it
I hear my mother laughing
sounding like a Sunday yard
I hear a screen door swinging
music from a better house
it's getting muffled now
the pressure's in my ears
joy is just a sound
drowning in the dark
pull me down
drag me to the bed
heavy water in the lungs
let the river have the head
drag me down
cut the rope
burn the map
break the glass
no coming back
no coming back
no no
pull me down
drag me to the bed
heavy water in the lungs
let the river have the head
bubbles in the dark
I'm going down
iron lungs black tide
gone
gone