I Will Not Hold You As You Drown

I will not hold you 

As you drown

I'll offer no comfort

As you go down

I'll sing you no praises

As you near death

I'll lend you no mercy

While you lose breath

I won't heed your cry

Lost in the tide

I won't take your hit

As you're swinging wide

I will not hold you as you drown.

Instead I will fight

Withstand the cold

I'll knock you unconscious

 To help you float

I will not be gentle

Pulling you in

I will make you bleed

If it makes you swim

For love cannot be

A gentle defeat

For nice is not good

And death is not sweet

I will not hold you as you drown.