[Verse 1]
I've been trying to tell you
But I just don’t have the words
Love is not an ocean or a panicking bird
It's dancing and beating the drum
Staring down the sights along the barrel of a gun
Less the parts and more the sum

[Chorus]
So hold your breath underwater
Till you're strong enough to swim
Past the edge, so much farther
Than you have ever been

[Verse 2]
Call me
Call me by my name
Heaven knows that I’ve been carrying the shame
Of trying but never hard enough
Always folded when the dealer called my bluff
I always wanted something better
Always out of reach

[Chorus]
So I'll hold my breath underwater
Till I'm strong enough to swim
Past the edge, so much farther
Than I have ever been
[Verse 3]
I confess I'm scared of drowning
Just like I've always been
But all of this is meaningless
If I'm afraid of diving in

[Chorus]
Hold your breath underwater
Till you're strong enough to swim
Past the edge, so much farther
Than you have ever been

[Verse 4]
I confess that I'm scared of drowning
Just like I’ve always been
But all of this is meaningless
If I’m afraid of diving in