Quiet Waters ---------------- The afternoon is an open, weightless wing The quiet water is singing to the reef And underneath the pale wash of summer heat We step inside a sudden, sharp relief Footprints leave a shifting trace Moving through this shaken space All the heavy years drop now Smoothing lines upon your brow We watch the edge of the world's horizon Where the ocean and the sky stand still A sudden quietness is rising To let the empty spaces fill The quiet waters hold us here The sea-foam carries a scent of clean release A sudden movement, you turn your face and smile The ancient static that rings inside my head Goes completely silent for a while Footprints leave a shifting trace Moving through this shaken space All the heavy years drop now Smoothing lines upon your brow We watch the edge of the world's horizon Where the ocean and the sky stand still A sudden quietness is rising To let the empty spaces fill The quiet waters hold us here The sun is dropping away into the west The western ceiling is painted pink and cold But something steady is burning in our eyes A warmth that never lets itself grow old We draw a brand new circle in the sand A clean design A boundary line The world outside is fading into grey We wash away We wash away We watch the edge of the world's horizon Where the ocean and the sky stand still A sudden quietness is rising To let the empty spaces fill The quiet waters hold us here The quiet waters The quiet waters The quiet waters Hold us here Let the dark fall down to keep What the ocean buries deep On this shoreline cold and steep Walking side by side Walking side by side Wrapped inside this young peace Wrapped inside this young peace --- "Quiet Waters" Copyright © 2025 Rick n' Stolti. All rights reserved. [email protected]
