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On Your Dream of Swimming

from Six Songs for Lisa by Avery Burke

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dip your toes in this dark river
push yourself away from shore
you are such a graceful swimmer
though you never swam before

wrap the water 'round your shoulders
let the cold beneath your skin
closer to your beating heart
than a lover's ever been

oh the water, oh the waves
you have never been afraid

shattered moonlight on the surface
like a pane of broken glass
I have let my fears and worries
get the best of me at last

now your body, bending rippling
slipping through my grasping hand
which of us is on the water?
which of us is on the land?

oh the water, oh the waves
oh my dear, you are so brave

be a swimmer not forever
be a stranger not to me
let the water find its level
let the river find the sea

you are such a graceful swimmer
though you never swam before
do not stay this way for ever
do not stay away from shore

oh the water, oh the waves
oh my dear, you are so brave

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from Six Songs for Lisa, released February 7, 2015

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