it only takes a few hours for things to go sournwe're sinking fast and losing powernI'm trying to disconnect all the wires that got tanglednup in the mess that we have always beennI'm trying hard to keep the room from fillingnthe water's overspilling, carpet to the ceilingnI'm holding on, but you know I'm not that strongnwhen things are going wrong, there's one thing leftnnI'm waiting (waiting)nnand I'm waiting, I'm holding on, but my fingernails aren't all that longnthey're chewed or gonenand I'm waiting, I'm anticipating when it's safe to saynthat nothing weighs enough to hold me downnnand I'm waiting (waiting)nno more waitingnthe water's getting higherncause you keep jumping shipnnoh, the water's just fine if you would just jump back in