Drowning Lyrics - Joe Jackson

I don't love you 

But I'm lost 

Thinking of you 

And the ghosts 

Of so many special moments 

That passed so quickly at the time 

And now they come and track me down 

And echo round and round and round 

And time goes quickly 

Or disappears completely 

And I feel like I fade away 

Like drowning 

I don't need you 

But it's so hard 

To be without you 

Though you're not far away 

I censor my emotions 

And tell myself to bide my time 

But every time you come around 

You batter my defenses down 

But so gently 

Like some sweet hypnosis 

And the world just slips away 

I'm drowning 

It's dark 

My heart is pounding 

I'm sinking down 

Into a pool of passion 

There's laughter as I drown 

Like so many lost before me 

Damned by lust and gone to hell 

And then I look into your eyes 

And something melts 

I shake inside 

And cool water 

Washes me all over 

Washes me away 

And still I'm drowning