Take My Hand

{reversed gasp, glass cracking,

piano bending

out of tune}

Something took my hand

The glass gave way

The room went black

Before I found my breath

It pulled me back

(ahhhh) {violent sub-bass pull,

water rushing}

Cold closed over both my eyes The ceiling vanished with the light

My feet left everything I knew And something dragged my body through

I tried to scream,

the water spoke It filled my mouth with broken notes The harder

that I fought the grip The farther from the world I slipped

{panicked electronic percussion, distorted breathing}

No air No ground No way to tell

If I was sinking Or if the whole world fell {shepard tone

rising, heavy strings falling in pitch}

It pulled me past the last light Down where the dark has

no end

I couldn’t tell which way was rising

I couldn’t tell foe from friend

It pulled me past the last light While every breath came undone

I reached for anything above me But there was nowhere left to

run

Past the last light

Past the last light

Something had me

And it wouldn’t let go

{heavy dream-rock guitars, thunderous toms} The pressure tightened around my chest My

heartbeat stumbled out of step A thousand whispers crossed the tide All

wearing pieces of my voice The hallway twisted through the deep Doors

floated open underneath Behind each one,

I saw a face I almost knew,

then watched it change

{submerged atmosphere, pitched-down voices} I twisted inside its hold Felt the fingers

around my bones Then my pulse moved through its palm And answered

from inside its arm Same scars Same skin Same trembling underneath The

hand pulling me into the dark Belonged to another me

{sudden dynamic shift, soaring distorted guitars}

Pull me down Pull me through Take me somewhere I can’t refuse

No more air No more light Only the hand Holding mine {rhythm

completely drops out, only sub-bass and voice} It pulled me past the

last light Down where the buried things breathe I thought that something

came to take me But it had been waiting for me

It pulled me past the last light Until the darkness became clear

The hand I fought through all that water Was the hand that

brought me here Past the last light

Past the last light Straight toward the bottom— {massive explosive instrumental build-up}

{massive explosive impact} (silence) {whisper} Now remember