[Verse 1]
Looks clear from above
Like glass over water
You’re tracing your outline
Afraid of the deeper color
All mirrors and filters
You pose
Then you vanish
That shimmer you’re chasing
Can’t heal what you never manage
[Chorus]
Surface dancing
Round and round
Safe in the shallow
Scared to drown
Glitter of image
Thin as smoke
Depth of meaning never spoke
Surface dancing
Shining skin
Locked on the outside
Locked out within
Follow the soul’s light
Slow and low
Let the hidden rivers show (oh-oh)
[Verse 2]
You scroll through the faces
Confusing the mask for the fire
Their perfect reflections
Feed your quiet tired desire
But your heartbeat is louder
Than the echo of their praise
It’s pulling you under
Past the flicker
Past the haze
[Chorus]
Surface dancing
Round and round
Safe in the shallow
Scared to drown
Glitter of image
Thin as smoke
Depth of meaning never spoke
Surface dancing
Shining skin
Locked on the outside
Locked out within
Follow the soul’s light
Slow and low
Let the hidden rivers show (yeah, yeah)
[Bridge]
Come down
Come closer
Step past the frame
Your shadow knows you
By your real name
That glow you’re hiding
Behind that glance
Is waiting patient
For one deep chance
[Chorus]
Surface dancing
Round and round
Safe in the shallow
Scared to drown
Glitter of image
Thin as smoke
Depth of meaning never spoke
Surface dancing
Shining skin
Locked on the outside
Locked out within
Follow the soul’s light
Slow and low
Let the hidden rivers show (let it show)