Figure on the Water

from New Day Begun by Jackson Howard

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There’s a figure on the water out my door
And it reaches out in billows all across the lonely shore
Much too silent to perturb you much too violent to ignore
And I cannot turn my eyes away but wish to look no more
There’s no sign of where it came from, no confining where it goes
Til it seeps into my conscience…. and won’t let go

Wait a minute I ---- I just need to catch my breath
Wait a minute I ---- Maybe I just need to rest
I can’t go out there…. not in the state I’m in
I can’t go out there…. I’ll never win

Dawn comes in the night, for the beasts that dwell within
Far from heaven’s light, cut the spirit from the sin, no don’t ever let it win

There’s a figure on the water, undefined
And I cannot tell if I --- or all the others, have lost our minds
Can’t they see it growing larger, can’t they hear it growing loud
Can’t they feel themselves surrounded by the stench inside it’s cloud
Still the vapor overtakes us, and it darkens as it grows
Till we fall into a silence……. that won’t let go

Wait a minute I --- Well I think I’ve lost my way
Wait a minute I --- Maybe I just need to pray

I can’t go back there, not in the state again
I can’t go back there, they won’t let me in

Dawn comes in the night, for the beasts that dwell within
Far from heaven’s light, cut the spirit from the sin, I won’t ever let it win

I feel something unraveling in me
I feel something unraveling quickly
I feel something unraveling in me
I feel something unraveling

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from New Day Begun, released February 1, 2020

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