On the Water-Great Lake Swimmers

[00:06.84]I was on the water [00:10.73]When it began to heave [00:14.37]And at the fight [00:17.40]My words were strong [00:21.60]But I would not have imagined that they'd stop making patterns [00:30.07]It's caps of white [00:32.06]Raised and broke I fasten to the boat [00:38.98]The panic overtook me and the fear I held within [00:46.46]I drew a breath and I tried to find the courage [00:53.93]To stand the troubled trip [00:56.97]What have I gotten myself into [01:01.55]I silently wondered [01:05.19]I silently asked [01:11.02]I thought of my family and thought of my love [01:18.40]I thought of my maker and what might be above [01:25.82]And the cabin in the woods that I have not yet built [01:33.99]Many other things that I hold dear in this world [02:13.02]I rode through the turmoil and rode through the strife [02:20.50]I held to my words andI clumped to my life [02:27.92]And then when my vision began to blur [02:36.13]This is what I saw in the thought that had occurred [02:45.15]I saw every fish swimming fast beside me [02:52.62]And all kinds of leafs from all different trees [02:59.89]And all of the insects that circle on the earth [03:08.01]Birds and land animals are reaching towards birth [03:17.18]And I saw my body on a body of water [03:24.50]And I could see that we were the same [03:32.53]Roaring and reckless invulnerable [03:39.60]Emotion and swinging and predisposed to changing [04:19.07]When I open my eyes vision respell [04:26.69]I picked up my oars and I kissed the coldness with stronger arms [04:38.50]I silently swear [04:42.08]I silently drifted [04:45.32]I silently wept