(...Let's give them something different)
They call me Nobody New
'Cause they only ever saw what I'd been through
Judged the book by the cover worn and askew
But they never felt the soul that was fightin' to push through
There's a weight that this world puts on a spirit you feel it?
Tries to chain you to the ground tries to break you and steal it
But I know a place where the broken can heal it
I'm goin' down to the water to reveal it
Another sunrise bleedin' through the city haze
Trapped inside this labyrinth lost inside the maze
My reflection's a stranger I don't recognize these days
Just a tired collection of my worst yesterdays
They want your sweat and your soul for the promises they sell
Got you drinkin' from a poisoned well livin' in a shell
But I can hear a freedom bell I know the story well
Gotta break this spell before the final chapter tells
'Cause there's a current callin' out my name a whisper on the breeze
Promisin' a release bringin' my tired mind some ease
It's a pilgrimage I'm makin' down on my weary knees
To the cathedral standin' silent between the cypress trees
Oh let that water roll like thunder come and set me free!
Let the holy roar of silence be the only voice I need!
This is my grace my validation the truth I choose to see!
Washed in the gospel of the sun findin' the real me!
Let the chains fall in the current let the spirit rise and climb!
This ain't just a feelin' it's a healin' that's divine!
Yeah I'm more than just survivin' this is my revival time!
Step out of the darkness and into the sublime!
Out on the liquid painted gold and blue
Every ripple tells a story every story feels brand new
From the haze of the smoke to the clarity of the view
I'm seein' past the old me seein' what I'm born to do
They thought I was a nobody goin' nowhere fast
A future built on compromise a shadow of my past
But out here I'm the captain raisin' up the mast
In a kingdom of forgiveness a peace that's meant to last
'Cause that current's pullin' stronger now a whisper and a plea
To let go of the anger let go of the debris
It's a pilgrimage I'm makin' for the whole wide world to see
At the altar standin' silent between the cypress trees
Oh let that water roll like thunder come and set me free! (Set me free!)
Let the holy roar of silence be the only voice I need!
This is my grace my validation the truth I choose to see!
Washed in the gospel of the sun findin' the real me!
Let the chains fall in the current let the spirit rise and climb! (Rise and climb!)
This ain't just a feelin' it's a healin' that's divine!
Yeah I'm more than just survivin' this is my revival time!
Step out of the darkness and into the sublime!
You know they tell you to find yourself in a book or in a creed
Plant a seed do a good deed follow someone else's lead
But my soul found its sermon in the rustlin' of a reed
And my grace wasn't given it was born from a need
A need to be more than a name more than a memory
To find a strength inside myself the blind could never see
This water doesn't judge the man I was it just makes me me
OH LET THAT WATER ROLL LIKE THUNDER COME AND SET ME FREE!
LET THE HOLY ROAR OF SILENCE BE THE ONLY VOICE I NEED!
THIS IS MY GRACE MY VALIDATION THE TRUTH I CHOOSE TO SEE!
WASHED IN THE GOSPEL OF THE SUN FINDIN' THE REAL ME!
LET THE CHAINS FALL! (IN THE CURRENT!) LET THE SPIRIT RISE! (AND CLIMB!)
THIS AIN'T JUST A FEELIN'! (IT'S A HEALIN'!) THAT'S DIVINE!
YEAH I'M MORE THAN JUST SURVIVIN' THIS IS MY REVIVAL TIME!
STEP OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND INTO THE SUBLIME!