"Head Above Water" by Cliff Khawly mourns a love cut short without warning, leaving only unanswered questions and the ache of no goodbye. The beloved became a lifeline, and now their absence feels like drowning in loneliness while the world keeps talking about them as a legend. The repeated plea to be held above water turns love into survival, a desperate need to stay afloat when grief threatens to pull everything under.
Head Above Water Lyrics by Cliff Khawly
Love at first sight, you were my life
Guiding me closely to limits unbound
Answered my prayers when I made a sound
Begging you please won’t you stick around
You left too soon
Lost in a glimpse of an eye
Locked up with demons in chains I can’t pry
How do I am supposed to survive?
Oh no
You left too soon
They say legends never die
Hopelessly hoping that you find your way around
You’re still the talk of town
Constantly lost and found
You got to hold me
Head above water
No one around me
Feeling so lonely when you’re not around
You got to hold me
Head above water
Don’t let me drown
Feeling so lonely when you’re not around
Talking ’bout times with you and I
I ain’t had no chance to tell you goodbye
So many questions left I don’t know why
Thinking the pain will go if I would cry
Leaving my future in those you confide
Empty promises making their own stride
Left my world frozen I felt I was chosen
Our love is stronger when you are around
You got to hold me
Head above water
No one around me
Feeling so lonely when you’re not around
You got to hold me
Head above water
Don’t let me drown
Feeling so lonely when you’re not around