The Wicked Saint
"Always Underwater"
For this project, I wrote all of the lyrics, sang all of the vocals, and produced the track on my own.
"Always Underwater" Original Song Demo
Title: Always Underwater
Writer: Ian Thunder
Concept: A song describing the desperate need and desire to be loved. In the song, the narrator recounts their relationship with a past lover, and how if he doesn’t find a new love, he may drown.
Tempo: 138 bpm
Key: Eb Major, C minor in bridge section
Style: Pop/Singer-Songwriter
[Verse]
(Bbsus4) (Bb)
Daggers and spears (4)
(Cm) (Eb) (Bb) (Ab)
All of these tears I’ve cried for you (8)
(Bbsus4) (Bb)
It’s been two years (4)
(Cm) (Eb) (Bb) (Ab)
All of this time I’ve wasted on you (9)
[Pre Chorus]
(Bbsus4) (Bb)
Seeping through the sand, this love (7)
(Cm) (Eb)
Going so unplanned (5)
(Bb) (Ab)
All this time I lied to my heart (8)
(Bbsus4) (Bb)
Such a foreign land (5)
(Cm) (Eb)
A mind I cannot command, but (8)
(Bb) (Ab)
I knew I lied to myself from the start (10)
[Chorus]
(Bbsus4) (Bb)
Always underwater (6)
(Gm) (Ab)
There’s no hope left for me now (7)
(Eb) (Bb)
Always underwater (6)
(Gm) (Ab)
I can’t hold my breath for longer (7)
(Eb)
No more strength to swim (5)
(Bb)
Search for shore (3)
(Eb) (Ab)
Treat my heart like cannon fodder (8)
(Bb) (Gm) (Cm)
Left to drown, I’m always underwater (10)
[Verse]
(Bbsus4) (Bb)
Stars disappear (4)
(Cm) (Eb) (Bb) (Ab)
Drifting in the dark, the open blue (9)
(Bbsus4) (Bb)
Soaking in fear (4)
(Cm) (Eb) (Bb) (Ab)
Sorting through all of the times we felt untrue (11)
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
(Cm) (Bb7) (Bb)
There’s nothing left for us (6)
(Ab) (Abadd9) (Gm)
Our love is old and mangled (7)
(Fm) (Gm) (Gm7) (Cm)
The ship we sailed has left us stranded (9)
(Cm) (Bb7) (Bb)
There’s nothing to fight for (6)
(Ab) (Abadd9) (Gm) (Fm)
Don’t want our lives entangled anymore (10)
(Gm7) (Cm)
This love must be disbanded (7)
[Chorus]
[Refrain]
(Bb) (Gm) (Cm)
Left to drown, I’m always underwater (10)
(Bb) (Gm) (Cm)
Left to drown, I’m always underwater (10)