The sea stood up and let us through I raised the timbrel, led the cry The women followed every turn Ten thousand voices, mine on high No brother stood between the sound The loudest joy on holy ground They say the Lord speaks only through him now Only him, and I wear the answer white I raised the song that carried us to shore I only asked why, and lost the light Only him holds the voice, only him the name Seven days outside the camp, and I'm still the same Sing to the sea, sing to the sea The drum still turns, but it turns without me I watched him floating in the reeds I kept him hidden, kept him safe I stood beside him all the years Before a nation knew his face So I asked it, plain and true Why him, and never me or you They say the Lord speaks only through him now Only him, and I wear the answer white I raised the song that carried us to shore I only asked why, and lost the light Only him holds the voice, only him the name Seven days outside the camp, and I'm still the same Sing to the sea, sing to the sea The drum still turns, but it turns without me The cloud pulled back, the anger burned My skin turned white as falling snow The hands that led the nation's song Now marked me where the shamed ones go The drums kept dancing through the night The whole camp singing out of sight Somewhere a serpent asked it too Generations before my name One small door swung shut on us both Two honest questions, one same flame They say the Lord speaks only through him now Only him, and I wear the answer white I raised the song that carried us to shore I only asked why, and lost the light Only him holds the voice, but not the sea The water still remembers it was me Sing to the sea, sing to the sea The drum still turns It turns without me
