Lyrics
When did I begin to hold
My belly in tight in tensed up folds
Was I just trying to hide
From the boundlessness I felt inside
The emptiness, the endless sea
The place where there was no more me
The place I could not quite forget
The safe I closed, the code I set
"The ocean has no enemies
There is nothing greater than it"
Written on a piece of paper
A five year old said it
Was it then?
This song was once about heartbreak
How a safe got cracked and leaked a lake
Of craving, clinging, poisoned love
Thick like oil - scary stuff
The safe gummed up and filled again
But I found a true and wise dear friend
Who knew the ways of listening
To open safely from within
"The ocean has no enemies
There is nothing greater than it"
Written on a piece of paper
I let my belly tension go
I feel the deep dark earth below
I feel the great expanse of sky
Remember there's no need to strive
I feel my belly pulse and sing
I hold the child quivering
And suddenly there's no safe here
Just a boundless ocean, bright and clear