Nothing Left

My chest is burning, burning, burning,
My lungs are turning blue.
My vision's blurred, all color lost
But still I swim for you.
You're worse off. You need my help.
But yet, you swim away.
And so I swim into the Night,
Abandoning the Day.
I'm getting slower. Slower.. Slower...
You seem to increase speed.
And so I fight to follow you,
To give the help you need.
You don't look back, despite my call.
You cannot hear my scream.
I feel my body start to fail,
And watch you swim upstream.
My lungs are dying, dying, dying.
I desperately need air.
Although I know it's killing me,
I cannot help but care.
I keep fighting, but you won't stop,
You seem to like the pain.
And here I die, and start to fly,
Before I could explain.
I'm slowly flying, flying, flying,
Up toward the light of Day.
The water's gone, the air is sweet,
But I needed to stay.
I tried with all I could to help,
Compassion's my Achilles heel.
I lost myself to rescue you,
And prove the danger's real.
My heart is singing, singing, singing,
Though yours is slowing down.
I sigh and say a silent prayer,
As you begin to drown.
You had longer to fall apart,
Inside the sea of Death.
And I'm afraid that now you're gone,
Your soul has nothing left...