Contextual Analysis of "stay afloat" in Lyrics

your house ain't full of armbands

someone might put their arm out to help you

cause i ain't letting go

all of these tears fill up a river

cause i ain't letting go

all of these tears fill up a river

but i'm in the same boat

i'm just tryna stay afloat

help us all

if you would

help us all

if you would

and something's trying to pull us under

when you're rockin' your own boat

start

pebbles and weeds grow in my throat

don't keep pulling me under

i see all the embers

such a lonely hunter

and keep from going under

there's a hole inside my boat

for the summer

i call her silver heels

through the toughest gail and keep smilin'

we're all up shit creek without a paddle

we're all out here dead in the water

soon awaiting the flood

you gotta row your boat

we call it henry cisneros

the jellyfishes don't scare us

sink in under the water and breathe deep

slowly