I hear the fear and despair in her voice
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Not the sounds I know from her
It's not a tear like that
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But one that finds its source
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In a heart that suffers deeply
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Sure yet carefully you say softly
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Different weather's expected for now
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I look to see if I get what you mean
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But my head gets flooded
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Because you already healed all my wounds
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Here I've found my place
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All that lives knows I can't
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Driven by my striving
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The water wrote words in the sand
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A gull wails that heard what I thought
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My heart screams for strength
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In my powerlessness my hand reaches
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But you disappear into the hinterland
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Because you already healed all my wounds
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Here I've found my place
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All that lives knows I can't
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Should I dive for the storm
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Use my head or
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Start shouting hard for reform
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Of that age-old law
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That so upsets my soul
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Maybe someone just saves me
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All that lives knows I can't