The Pool (1990)
Words by Terry Taylor
Music by Terry Taylor, Tim Chandler, Greg Flesch
©1986 Broken Songs (ASCAP)
The pool is very deep and cool
And nothing here is hard to do
Nothing that should trouble you
Shrouded forms that start and sigh
As they pass this wanderer by
Lakes that endlessly outspread
Foaming blanket river beds
I stand
Stand by the water, knee deep
Deep in the fountain, now down
I go under, then rise up
Rise up forever
The waves that mount and tumble high
I meet the melancholy sky
And all I have I count for loss
There in the clouds, one single cross
I stand
Stand by the water, knee deep
Deep in the fountain, now down
I go under, then rise up
Rise up forever
Yes, deeply I have slept
And now I rise as one who has gone down
Into the well springs of new life
Down across the milk-white sands
I wade out into the sleepy cove
And bathe in the holy stream
Then suddenly
I shatter the level mirror of the lake
I go under, then rise up
Rise up forever
Upon an everlasting tide
Into the silent pool I glide
I plunge to wash this black heart clean
And rise a swan upon the wing
I stand
Stand by the water, knee deep
Deep in the fountain, now down
I go under, then rise up
Rise up forever, now down
I go under, then rise up
Rise up forever, now down
I go under, then rise up
Rise up forever, now down
I go under, then rise up
Rise up forever, now down
I go under, then rise up
Rise up forever
