Down in the Water

Keep my mind

Down in the water where I bathe and let it

Steep my mind

Down in the waterI have been a fool for shame

Like a sunburnt lover of the far-away

But when you come home waving all your tourist claims

The gate falls where you would goKeep my mind

Down in the ocean where I played and keep it

Down deep in time

Down in the water

Draw my eye to center stage

To the little ghost who wears my name

And keep it there until the white lights fade

To blue and red and back againLike a coward, like a fool

I've been washing away

Every scar, every bruise on my face

Down to, down to the bottom

Keep my mind

Down in the water where I bathe and let it

Steep my mind

Down in the water

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