verse 1
G C G
I was on the water when it began to heave
G Em C D
And at the fight my words were strong
G Em C G
But I would not have imagined that they’d stop making patterns
G Em D G
It’s caps of white, raised and broke I fasten to the boat
verse 2
G C G
The panic overtook me and the fear I held within
G Em C D
I drew a breath and I tried to find the courage
G Em C G
To stand the troubled trip. What have I gotten myself into?
G Em D G
I silently wondered, I silently asked
verse 3
G Em C G
I thought of my family and thought of my love
G Em C D
I thought of my maker and what might be above
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And the cabin in the woods that I have not yet built
G Em D G
Many other things that I hold dear in this world
verse 4
G Em C G
I rode through the turmoil and rode through the strife
G Em C D
I held to my words and I clumped to my life
G Em C G
And then when my vision began to blur
G Em D G
This is what I saw and the thought that had occurred
Verse 5
G Em C G
I saw every fish swimming fast beside me
G Em C D
And all kinds of leafs from all different trees
G Em C G
And all of the insects that circle on the earth
G Em D G
Birds and land animals are reaching towards birth
Verse 6
G Em C G
And I saw my body on a body of water
G Em G D
And I could see that we were the same
G Em C G
Roaring and reckless, invulnerable
G Em D G
Emotion and swinging and predisposed to changing
Verse 7
G Em C G
When I open my eyes vision respell
G Em C D
I picked up my oars and I kissed the coldness
G Em C G
With stronger arms I silently swept
G Em D G
I silently drifted, I silently wept