If I fell from the top of a river Would you watch until I hit the ground Counting my fingers and teeth Ounce for ounce, and pound for pound Water rising and forcing a shiver Fills my mouth 'till I'm new to make sound Forearms bruised, and blackened, and weak where you squeezed and said I won't let you drown If my lungs start failing to deliver oxygen that I breath to my brain Then I promise that I'll leave the room So you don't see me going insane And my fingers sit still in their quiver While my eyes rest intent and mundane While your face watches worried and pale your lips whisper don't do this again