Watching light
through water
I want to bend
the way it bends
You slice like a knife
through the surface
But what a thrill
to see it mend
With no scar
no memory
I'm envious
why pretend I'm not
Wading in up
to the ankles
The cold speaks
straight to my bones
Whole body
and soul hesitation
I am a coward
turned to stone
I stay there
for centuries
So all of history
knows about it
But hey hey
we made it
to the longest day
And the sun
the wind the earth
Are wearing me away
The shame I wish
that I was brave enough
to dive in
But I never have been
and never will be
I'm coming in hot
then freezing completely
The shame I wish
that I could say
what I've been thinking
But I never have done
and never will do
Still only knees deep
I'll never be brave
like you
Lighten up
like a candle
I'm as likely
to go out
You can sigh
from the bottom
of your lungs
Until the house
gets blown down
One step
then two then three
'Till I've forgotten how
to count them
But hey hey
we made it
to the longest day
And the river's
ready current
Can carry me away
The shame I wish
that I was brave enough
to dive in
But I never have been
and never will be
I'm coming in hot
then freezing completely
The shame I wish
that I could say
what I've been thinking
But I never have done
and never will do
Still only knees deep
I'll never be brave
like you
The shame I wish
that I was brave enough
to dive in
But I never have been
and never will be
I'm coming in hot
then freezing completely
The shame I wish
that I could say
what I've been thinking
But I never have done
and never will do
Still only knees deep
I'll never be brave
like you
