I know what I wanted

I know what I wanted

I know how I wanted this to be

You go down to the water

Drink down of the water

Walk up off the water, leave it be

But this is not my dream, sister

It is cold in Heaven

I'm not sprouting wings

I'm drowning me

I'm drowning me, yeah

Brother, can you see those birds?

They don't look to Heaven

But they don't need religion, they can see

They go down to the water

Drink down of the water

Fly up off the water, leave them be

But this is not my time, sister

It is cold in Heaven

And no one's coming after me

I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves)

I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves)

You know I am tired

Cold and bony tired

Nothing's gonna save me, I can see

I can't say I'm fearful

I can't say I'm not afraid

But I am not resisting, I can see

Now, I don't need a heaven

And I don't need religion

I am in the place where I should be

I am breathing water

I am breathing water

You know a body's got to breathe

I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves, breathing ourselves)

I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves)

I'm drowning me, yeah (Breathing ourselves, breathing ourselves)

I'm drowning me (Breathing ourselves)