Water - Kevin Morby

My body was sleeping

While my poor mind was dreaming

When they woke me up

I didn’t know that I’d been screaming

And my old heart was pounding

For the devil had found me

Trapped me in a corner

Of my mind

And my legs were both shaking

From the pain they’d been taking

Picked my body up

And aimed for home

But these boots have seen better

Can’t make sense of this weather

Rolling over me

Up in the sky

But I was warm like a fire

For I was full of desire

To hold on

To not let go

Thought of friends, thought of family

And all who surround me

Those enemies I danced with, so long ago

Let them know

If you find water

Please call my name

Put me out like a fire

Cover me in rain

Thought of stars and the planets

Wondered how they could have planned this

And what were they thinking

How could they have known?

I felt small but full of pride

I felt tall for my size

My eyes were black

And fixed on the night

And your name just hung

From a song I had sung

There in the air

Suspended by beauty

There are words that get spoken

Oh, and lives they leave broken

Some stone breaks in half

And some stone shatters

But my speech had been fleeting

Like the company I’d been keeping

I never asked for their names

They never asked for mine

Just a polluted highway

Or a clouded skyway

I’m a mess, I confess

Now send me the maid

If you find water

Please call my name

Put me out like a fire

Cover me in rain

Thought of stages with their singers

Oh, and painters with their fingers

I was strong like a horse

In carrying my song

To drop it off in some stable

When I was young I was able

To never turn around

To never look behind

To grow old, to grow distant

Like a mare in the distance

Bothering no one, so let her live

Until she dies

Picture lilies, picture willows

And a wide open window

To a room with a view

And both of us laughing

Just children, so young

Oh, at least, in the scheme

With our hair still there

And you keep my teeth clean

I sing, «Who is my creator?»

Not my mother, nor my father

But before the universe burst

Wide on open

If you find water

Please call my name

Put me out like a fire

Cover me in rain

And if you find water

Won’t you call my name?

Put me out like a fire

Cover me in rain