Pressure Spiral I remember when the hours weren't enough, deadlines stacking up Like chairs in a bonfire, my judgment running thin I didn't know which ones to save or which ones to leave in I felt the bigger were my goals, the happier I'd be So I trapped myself in Everest-quests, and no one set me free Even the boss-man let me do it. You know he had a lot to win But he wasn't there to catch me when I tripped and stumbled in I fell down to the water It was much harder than I ever dreamed And so cold it froze the pain away until I woke up and screamed I fell down to the water It was much harder than I ever dreamed And so cold it froze the pain away until I woke up and screamed Since the day I left that mountain, I have opted for the coast For many years I've wandered, disappearing like a ghost What I've found in simple silence is the self I never knew But what's good enough for me might not be good enough for you I fell down to the water It was much harder than I ever dreamed And so cold it froze the pain away until I woke up and screamed Jordi G. Baizan © 2015