Words In The Water

G#m F# E G#m F# E standing knee deep in cold water , swiftly moving , somehow i knew i’d lost something . G#m F# E G#m F# E wading waist deep i saw a book there in the river , waiting for me to find it there . G#m F# E G#m F# E i tried to read it , neck deep , treading water , but the tide , it pulled me out to sea . G#m F# E then , with water in my eyes , the words began to rise from their place . G#m F# E they were beautiful and dread; i reached for them and fed on each phrase . G#m F# E they were honey on my lips , but then a bitter twist in my side . G#m F# E i knew they’d lay me in my grave; "is there no one who can save me?" i cried . sinking , down deep through cold water and heavy silence , shadows stirring in the gloom . what things that lay sleeping down deep in the darkness woke then , to find me in that tomb? and when i lost all hope to look , someone took that heavy book from my hands; all its weight they set aside , after they had satisfied its demands . i felt white and black reverse , and the lifting a curse from my heart . then like one receiving sight , i beheld a brilliant light in the dark .