You talk about love like it's something you found on your shoe Guess your feelings for me are just a mild inconvenience to you And I hate you but still play your game And you hate me but tie me to you all the same Like some ship being battered from pole to pole Taking on, taking water on In our religion when knives are being drawn, blood's being spilt You're the one with the cross now, baby I'm the one with the guilt We walk to separate sides of the ring Wait for the trouble to come crashing again Throwing punches as kisses when the bell has been rung to begin
Taking on, taking water on Taking on, taking water on Do you even know what I mean? It tires me out and drags me back in And if you look down at your feet You'll see my heart, just so much blood on the street And so many tears and all And we search desperately for someone to call our own And we hold them up to the light See the loose threads, tears on the inside Till your head is so battered it's sinking like lead in the tide Taking on, taking water on Taking on, taking water on Oh