Of the deep

Verse 1 I learned my name in the hush of the tide Salt on my lips, sun in my eyes Every worry I carried came loose at the seam When the shoreline blurred into me Verse 2 The water slips beneath my skin Loosens every war I’m in I stop reaching, I stop trying Let the waves decide my timing Chorus Oh the water knows how to hold me Better than the ground ever did I don’t fight when it pulls me open I just float and I forgive Every edge I’ve been defending Every fear I couldn’t keep I belong to the bending rhythm Of the deep Verse 3 I’ve carried weight I couldn’t see Like stones sewn into memory The sea unbuttons every seam And teaches me how not to be Verse 4 There’s a language below the skin Where breath and body finally listen I let go, I’m carried through By something ancient, wide, and true Chorus Oh the water knows how to hold me Like a promise I can believe When I’m drifting past the bottom It reminds me how to breathe I don’t need a map or ending I don’t need to know what’s next I surrender to the mercy Of the depths Bridge I’ve been braced against the breaking Clenched my fists against the flow But the sea keeps saying softly You don’t have to do it alone Floating… Just floating… Final Chorus Oh the water knows how to love me Without asking who I am It takes my heart the way it finds me And returns it to my hands If I’m ever lost or empty If I forget my own release I’ll come home to the open arms Of the deep Outro Of the deep