Tread Water Lyrics – All Time Low

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[Intro: Alex Gaskarth]
How long can we tread water?
How long can we stay afloat?

[Verse 1: Alex Gaskarth]
You loved me like a broken record
Skipping through your favorite verse
You’re dancing under something better
For somebody that knows your worth

[Pre-Chorus: Alex Gaskarth]
I, I’m just an echo, yeah
I, I’m just a wave crashing

[Chorus: Alex Gaskarth]
How long can we tread water? (Oh, oh)
How long can we stay afloat? (Can we stay afloat?)
You wanna swim, you gotta learn to let go
‘Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know
We’ll sink like a stone

[Post-Chorus: Alex Gaskarth]
We’ll sink like a stone

[Verse 2: Ruston Kelly]
I never meant to break that promise
I never meant to let you down
You thought that I was something different
It’s funny how it all played out, yeah

[Pre-Chorus: Ruston Kelly & Alex Gaskarth]
I, I’m just your lifeboat (Lifeboat)
But I capsized in your wave (Your wave)
Crashing

[Chorus: Ruston Kelly & Alex Gaskarth]
How long can we tread water? (How long, how long?)

Yeah, how long can we stay afloat? (How long, how long?)
You wanna swim, you gotta learn to let go
‘Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know
We’ll sink like a stone

[Bridge: Alex Gaskarth]
Now nothing I could say is gonna change the way it was (Oh-oh)
The tide can’t wash away the memory of us
And while the search and rescue’s circling the boat
I’d give you the last breath of air from my lungs (Oh)

[Chorus: Alex Gaskarth & Ruston Kelly, Alex Gaskarth]
How long can we tread water?
How long can we stay afloat?
You wanna swim, you gotta learn to let go
‘Cause if you hold me any longer, yeah, you know (We’ll sink like a stone)
If you hold me any longer, yeah, you know
We’ll sink like a stone

[Post-Chorus: Alex Gaskarth]
We’ll sink like a stone