[Intro] female: Teacher… male: Don’t You care that we are drowning? [Verse 1] male: We shoved off when the sky still looked honest You were asleep on a cushion in the stern Then the lake stood up like it wanted us buried And every prayer I knew started to burn Waves in the boat, fear in the marrow I shook You awake with a coward’s demand Save us, Lord, or we die in this water I called it faith, but it was just my shaking hands [Pre-Chorus] female: Why are you so afraid? male: The wind is tearing the sail female: Where is your faith? both: Still in the bottom of the boat [Chorus] both: Maybe He doesn’t always calm the weather Maybe He’s making better sailors in the waves Not every storm has to die for us to live Some of them teach us how to stay We reach for Jesus in the middle of the breaking We learn to stand when the deck is giving way Peace, be still — speak it over the water And speak it over the ones who want to run away Better sailors Better Christians in the rain Better sailors Who still call on His name [Verse 2] male: Life hits like that night on the water Bills and betrayal and a body that breaks We want the miracle more than the Master We want the quiet more than the faith He asked them, Where is your faith? Not because the storm was a lie But because He was already in the vessel And they still thought they had to die [Pre-Chorus] female: Why are you so afraid? male: The wind is tearing the sail female: Where is your faith? both: Still in the bottom of the boat [Chorus] both: Maybe He doesn’t always calm the weather Maybe He’s making better sailors in the waves Not every storm has to die for us to live Some of them teach us how to stay We reach for Jesus in the middle of the breaking We learn to stand when the deck is giving way Peace, be still — speak it over the water And speak it over the ones who want to run away Better sailors Better Christians in the rain Better sailors Who still call on His name [Bridge] female: Even the wind and the waves obey Him Who is this that the sea has to hear? If the water knows His voice Then so can the ones He holds near male: I don’t just need a quieter ocean I need a backbone that will not fold Make me the kind of saint who can suffer And still believe You’re in control both: Lord, save us — we are perishing Lord, shape us — we are Yours Calm the storm if that is mercy Calm the sailor if that is more [Breakdown] male: Don’t You care— female: He is in the boat! male: We are drowning— female: Then reach for Him and hold! both: PEACE, BE STILL PEACE, BE STILL MAKE US BETTER SAILORS IF THE STORM WON’T YIELD [Final Chorus] both: Maybe He doesn’t always calm the weather Maybe He’s making better sailors in the waves Not every storm has to die for us to live Some of them teach us how to stay We reach for Jesus in the middle of the breaking We learn to stand when the deck is giving way Peace, be still — speak it over the water And speak it over the fear that wants to stay Better sailors Better Christians in the rain Better sailors Who still call on His name
