The Slow Burn: Music
Drowning
(The Slow Burn)
(Ted Donat)
"Drowning" by Ted Donat
I held the secret closely to my wounded, guarded heart
Bit my tongue and swore an oath to lock that world apart
I held your model to the light and saw what I had missed
The cracks and fissures running down the face of all that bliss
That five and dime psychology don't sit too well with me
Looks real good on paper but defies reality
Save it for your brilliant thesis
Or the daytime talk show circuit
Better yet, just keep it to yourself away from me
You'd like for me to tell you that we will again be friends
Put this all behind us, all these fences mend
But I cannot stop these memories from seeping in my brain
I can't just let you walk away without a little pain
‘Cause I'm drowning in your net
And giving you the time of day's as good as it will get
Because, baby, I carry grudges, dig up hatchets, pull them out for show
Wear them like a necklace so that all the world will know