[Verse 1]
I watch the Northern Islands breathing slow and wide
Sea glass on the shoreline, foam on every side
Coconut tree bending like it knows my name
Crashing sound behind me, never twice the same
Coconut crabs crossing by the broken shell
Birds in the high green, doing what they do so well
I was rough with your soft hour, I came in like a storm
Now I stand here different, letting all this calm me warm
[Chorus]
Blue water, take me in
Blue water, let me begin
I was wrong, but I’m here, I’m here
Where the waves pull clean and clear
Blue water, take me in
Blue water, let me begin
I was wrong, but I’m here, I’m here
By the palm and the tide, I’m clear
[Verse 2]
There’s a boat with peeling paint pulled up in the cove
A boy in a red cap skipping stones and grinning low
I know the day I broke it, I know the look you gave
That kind of hurt stays buried like a map inside a cave
Still, the tide keeps working on the coral bed
Still, the breeze keeps lifting what I never said
So I leave this on the sand where the shore can keep the blame
And I let the island answer in its own sweet way
[Chorus]
Blue water, take me in
Blue water, let me begin
I was wrong, but I’m here, I’m here
Where the waves pull clean and clear
Blue water, take me in
Blue water, let me begin
I was wrong, but I’m here, I’m here
By the palm and the tide, I’m clear
[Bridge]
[Cymbal swell, bass line steps forward]
If you saw me in the salt spray, quiet at the edge
You’d know I kept my hands open, steady on the ledge
No grand speech, just the shoreline, just the sky in my eyes
And the whole wide sea saying, “Try again, try”
[Chorus]
Blue water, take me in
Blue water, let me begin
I was wrong, but I’m here, I’m here
Where the waves pull clean and clear
Blue water, take me in
Blue water, let me begin
I was wrong, but I’m here, I’m here
By the palm and the tide, I’m clear