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The Tides Lyrics by Down

Down III: Over the Under

2007

[Verse 1]
Setting sail from a crushed rooftop (Rooftop)
Fathoms deep, shallow as a raindrop (Raindrop)
Attempt to feel 20/20 now (Now)
React like gasoline cornered by a house fire (House fire)

[Chorus]
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
Beneath the tides of the washout (Washout)
Beneath the tides of the washout (Washout)

[Verse 2]
Cut from a filthy cloth
A sucking wound left in our chests
Being burned around the heart
The boil under your flesh
Hidden at home
Chasing a tucked tail now (Now)
Acting on the instinct
Of self haphazard yet

[Chorus]
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
Beneath the tides of the washout (Washout)
Beneath the tides of the washout (Washout)
Beneath the tides of the washout (Washout)
Oh

[Bridge]
The shaving down in milligrams
With a gun in your hand
Directionless memories
Of combat on your head

Rain can't soak what is not there
Rain can't soak what is not there
Rain can't soak what is not there

[Verse 4]
The first thrill demands another
Consequence, the trigger of the operative (Operative)
Playing Russian roulette with a full chamber
Miserable outcome, one and the same (One and the same)

[Chorus]
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
You can't come clean
Beneath the tides of the washout
You can't come clean
Beneath the tides of the washout
You can't come clean
Beneath the tides of the washout

[Outro]
It'll wash out
Beneath the tide of the washout
It'll wash out
Beneath the tides of the washout
You could never come clean
Beneath the tides of the washout (Washout, washout)
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"The Tides" appears on "Down III: Over the Under" in 2007.

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