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
  
   This is not my time, brother
   It is cold in heaven
   And 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
   They don't need religion, they can see
  
   They go down to the water
   Drink down on the water
   Fly up off the water, leave it be
  
   This is not my time, sister
   It is cold in heaven
   And no one's coming after me
  
   I'm drowning
   Breathing ourselves
   Me
   Breathing ourselves
   I'm drowning
   Breathing ourselves
   Me, yeah
  
   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
  
   I don't need a heaven
   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
   Breathing ourselves
   Me
   Breathing ourselves
   I'm drowning
   Breathing ourselves
   Me, yeah