[ti:On the Water] [ar:Great Lake Swimmers] [al:New Wild Everywhere] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]On The Water - Great Lake Swimmers [00:07.75]I was on the water [00:11.80]When it began to heave [00:15.42]And at the fight [00:18.60]My words were strong [00:22.90]But I would not have imagined [00:26.97]That they'd stop making patterns [00:31.15]It's caps of white [00:33.18]Raised and broke I fasten to the boat [00:40.02]The panic overtook [00:42.65]Me and the fear I held within [00:47.48]I drew a breath and [00:51.35]I tried to find the courage [00:55.08]To stand the troubled trip [00:58.17]What have I gotten myself into [01:02.57]I silently wondered [01:06.40]I silently asked [01:11.03] [01:12.11]I thought of my family [01:15.96]And thought of my love [01:19.67]I thought of my maker [01:23.27]And what might be above [01:27.08]And the cabin in the woods [01:30.90]That I have not yet built [01:35.27]Many other things that [01:38.22]I hold dear in this world [01:43.41] [02:14.47]I rode through the turmoil [02:18.50]And rode through the strife [02:22.01]I held to my words and [02:25.75]I clumped to my life [02:29.56]And then when my [02:31.86]Vision began to blur [02:37.87]This is what I saw in [02:41.17]The thought that had occurred [02:46.39]I saw every fish [02:50.14]Swimming fast beside me [02:53.96]And all kinds of leafs [02:57.89]From all different trees [03:01.67]And all of the insects [03:05.46]That circle on the earth [03:09.93]Birds and land animals [03:13.12]Are reaching towards birth [03:18.72]And I saw my body on a body of water [03:26.21]And I could see that we were the same [03:34.55]Roaring and reckless invulnerable [03:41.41]Emotion and swinging [03:45.16]And predisposed to changing [03:50.89] [04:21.06]When I open my eyes vision respell [04:28.55]I picked up my oars [04:32.12]And I kissed the coldness [04:36.18]With stronger arms [04:40.06]I silently swear [04:43.61]I silently drifted [04:47.48]I silently wept