Bitter Water Sweet
The children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea and the water was like a wall to their right and to their left. (Exodus 14:29)
No question The sea took us in to our necks before doubt
could claim our sound Who could unswim a sea-stretch then
No wonder No willing knees unbuckled
No plea unspent No higher ground
Cry mercy Cry shallow Cry harbor
Cry ancestor Cry warning Cry surface
Cry rescue Cry with an outstretched hand
The sea will swallow all your noise
Ask nothing of the crossing that mountains don't ask of valleys
Ask nothing that moons don't ask of the tide
Give me unedged wilderness I will take it in as remedy
This song's initial phoneme sears the tree of your lungs
They say a certain branch can render bitter water sweet
A certain refrain can leech poison from the wound
Don't stop now Keep going