On the Water-Great Lake Swimmers

[00:01.681]On the Water -Great Lake Swimmers [00:07.751]I was on the water [00:11.801]When it began to heave [00:15.421]And at the fight [00:18.601]My words were strong [00:22.901]But I would not have imagined [00:26.971]That they'd stop making patterns [00:31.151]It's caps of white [00:33.181]Raised and broke I fasten to the boat [00:40.21]The panic overtook [00:42.650]Me and the fear I held within [00:47.480]I drew a breath and [00:51.350]I tried to find the courage [00:55.80]To stand the troubled trip [00:58.170]What have I gotten myself into [01:02.570]I silently wondered [01:06.400]I silently asked [01:12.110]I thought of my family [01:15.960]And thought of my love [01:19.670]I thought of my maker [01:23.270]And what might be above [01:27.80]And the cabin in the woods [01:30.900]That I have not yet built [01:35.270]Many other things that [01:38.220]I hold dear in this world [02:14.470]I rode through the turmoil [02:18.500]And rode through the strife [02:22.10]I held to my words and [02:25.750]I clumped to my life [02:29.560]And then when my [02:31.860]Vision began to blur [02:37.870]This is what I saw in [02:41.170]The thought that had occurred [02:46.399]I saw every fish [02:50.149]Swimming fast beside me [02:53.968]And all kinds of leafs [02:57.898]From all different trees [03:01.678]And all of the insects [03:05.468]That circle on the earth [03:09.938]Birds and land animals [03:13.128]Are reaching towards birth [03:18.728]And I saw my body on a body of water [03:26.218]And I could see that we were the same [03:34.557]Roaring and reckless invulnerable [03:41.417]Emotion and swinging [03:45.167]And predisposed to changing [04:21.67]When I open my eyes vision respell [04:28.557]I picked up my oars [04:32.127]And I kissed the coldness [04:36.187]With stronger arms [04:40.67]I silently swear [04:43.617]I silently drifted [04:47.487]I silently wept