We were children of the summer Barefoot, sun-warmed days The lake was our playground And the sky showed us the way We’d run from sand to water With no plan but fun A dive to cool our bodies A ski run with the sun Every laugh still lives there Every ripple too No matter where life carried us We always knew We’d always find our way back Through the years we grew Every summer, every memory Led us into the blue Into the blue You were always there somehow Sometimes near, sometimes not But always part of that shoreline Of everything we’d got Long bright days and bare feet Stories etched in waves That feeling like cold water That wakes you up, then stays We’d dive beneath the surface Where the world felt true I could spend forever Swimming in the blue We’d always find our way back Through the years, we grew Every laugh, every moment Led us into the blue Into the blue Storms would stir the surface But time would smooth it out The lake goes still again When the noise fades out And now that stillness holds you Where the water’s deep A place of rest, a place of peace I still can’t believe you’re gone No new memories to make But every time I think of you I’m standing by that lake Feet in warm sand Light dancing through Laughing like we always did And swimming in the blue We always find our way back That much is true In memory, in love, in time We return into the blue Into the blue And when my time comes I won’t be afraid I’ll become that sun Not setting — just changed Not an ending Just passing through A quiet, gentle return Into the blue A whisper of the night surrounds us The beach so calm, so still The sky melts into color As the sun dips past the hill You softly ask, “One last swim — you coming?” I murmur, “Soon, not yet.” And I watch you fade into the water And dissolve Into the blue
