haul me up please help me i m drowning haul me up to where i can breathe haul me up where the air is sweeter stretch out a hand a hand brother please oh i m walking in a sea of molasses every step i take oh it sucks me down the more i fight the more that it grips me if i sink much further i m looking to drown haul me up well i m lost in confusion haul me up i m up to my knees haul me up i m back in the quicksand stretch out a hand a hand brother please haul me up please help me i m drowning haul me up to where i can breathe haul me up where the air is sweeter stretch out a hand a hand brother please now here comes jezebel sweet as the morning holds out a cup and i m tempted to drink six thousand voices ringing in the rafters how can i dream when i can t even think haul me up now the banshees are wailing haul me up now the sirens are singing haul me up now the furies are screaming stretch out a hand a hand brother please haul me up please help me i m drowning haul me up to where i can breathe haul me up where the air is sweeter stretch out a hand a hand brother please now i m fighting but oh the disease has got me now what is this sickness that has no name who are these friends that kill me with kindness i don t know the rules but i m trapped in the game haul me up well i m lost in confusion haul me up i m up to my knees haul me up i m back in the quicksand stretch out a hand a hand brother please haul me up now the banshees are wailing haul me up now the sirens are singing haul me up now the furies are screaming stretch out a hand a hand brother please haul me up haul me up haul me up haul me up