Rushing Water
"The song ‘Rushing Water’ is a fitting start to an album that seeks to bridge all of the petty differences that can separate us." - Sting
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Rushing Water
"Water tends to help a state of mind. My relationship with water is pretty close because I was born by a river, by the sea. All of those symbolic aspects of water, rivers and rain are very important to me, obviously, as a songwriter, it's a symbol that you can use again and again and again. And people understand it. They understand it deeply because we are water. We're affected by the tides, affected by the moon pulling the water in our body. So we think differently." - Sting
How many times have I had this dream,
That wakes me from my slumber?
How will I ever get to sleep again,
Counting sheep in a Book of Numbers?
How many times have I had this dream,
With you walking towards me from the river?
And when will I ever get to rest again,
Wondering if I can deliver?
This is the sound of rushing water,
Flooding through my brain,
This is the sound of God’s own daughter,
Calling out your name.
This is the sound of atmospheres,
Three metric tonnes of pressure,
This is the sum of all my fears,
Something I just can’t measure.
I remember the story of Jonah,
He was trapped in the belly of a whale.
How many times must he succeed?
How many times must he fail?
This is the sound of rushing water,
Flooding through my brain,
This is the sound of God’s own daughter,
Calling out your name.
I’ll see my shrink on an analyst’s couch,
Hit me with a hammer and I’ll say ‘ouch.’
What we have here is so easy to solve,
Just takes a firm purpose and some resolve.
This is the sound of rushing water,
Flooding through my brain,
This is the sound of God’s own daughter,
Calling out your name.
This is the sound of rushing water,
Flooding through my brain,
This is the sound of God’s own daughter,
Calling out your name…
Ease into the water
Flooding through your brain
Ease into the water
Calling out your name
Ease into the water
Flooding through your brain
Ease into the water
