[Intro][Drum roll, minor piano stabs, 4 bars, Fleetwood Dreams feel] [Verse 1][Low register, dense conversational syncopation, solo lead vocal, dry mix] Three a.m. and the bad news lands Half my plans slippin' through my hands Cracked screen lightin' up the bathroom floor And I'm tellin' the dark this is not what I bargained for [Pre-Chorus][Lower range, tightening, building into drop, double tracked vocal] I would've gone down with the tide Down where the lost ones go But a hand broke through the surface And a voice I didn't recognize said no [Chorus][Belting, handclaps on 2 and 4, driving bassline, Omnichord, double tracked vocal] He came into the water He wouldn't let me drown Reached through and grabbed my hand He wouldn't let me drown No, not the worst day Not the fate of the ones who go under without a sound He was in the water, reachin' distance, close He wouldn't let me drown [Verse 2][Low register, dense conversational syncopation, solo lead vocal, dry mix] Fourth watch and the boat's on a sea gone wild Peter steppin' over like a trusting child Wind at his chest and the black water rise Cried Lord, save me, and there came the eyes [Pre-Chorus][Lower range, tightening, building into drop, double tracked vocal] He would've gone down with the storm Down where the Galilee goes But a hand broke through the surface And a voice said, Little faith, hold on [Chorus][Belting, handclaps on 2 and 4, driving bassline, Omnichord, double tracked vocal] He came into the water He wouldn't let me drown Reached through and grabbed my hand He wouldn't let me drown No, not the worst day Not the fate of the ones who go under without a sound He was in the water, reachin' distance, close He wouldn't let me drown [Bridge][Drop to bass and claps, mid register, spoken-sung declarative, solo lead] They said faith is built on the good days I learned it builds in the bad days too In the fourth watch, in the three a.m. weight In the place where the light barely got through Best days behind, best days ahead Both of 'em workin' on the same testimony Best days behind, best days ahead And He was in the water the whole time [Final Chorus][Full band lift, belting, handclaps, driving bassline, double tracked vocal, single backing vocal echo on final line only] He came into the water He wouldn't let me drown Reached through and grabbed my hand He wouldn't let me drown No, not the worst day Not the fate of the ones who go under without a sound He was in the water, reachin' distance, close He wouldn't let me drown (He wouldn't let me drown) My best days are ahead of me now [Outro][Final swell, decisive stop] He wouldn't let me drown My best days are ahead of me now [Final hit, no fade]
