Lyrics
Water rose and I couldn't get down
Facing a rising water level, unable to descend
Found myself stuck on high ground
Stranded on elevated terrain
Drowned the streets upon which we grew
Flooded the streets of our upbringing
Broke the banks of the Blackwater
Overflowed the banks of the Blackwater river
Broke the banks of the Blackwater
Reiteration of the river's overflow
Roaring down the road to ruin
Heading towards destruction with intensity
Everything we thought we knew
Challenging everything we believed to be true
The good the bad the false and true
Embracing the mix of good, bad, false, and true
Bury the steeple 'neath the Blackwater
Symbolic act of burying something important beneath the river
Bury the steeple 'neath the Blackwater
Repeating the symbolic burial beneath the Blackwater
I hold my head above, the water my love
Struggling to stay above the rising water, expressing love
Until the day the dove, returns with proof of You
Waiting for a sign or evidence of divine presence
It's rising higher than the sycamores
Water level reaching higher than the tall sycamore trees
That lined the streets where we lived before
Recalling the streets of the past lined with sycamores
Gather your family and climb aboard
Encouraging family to unite and face the challenges together
Or be covered in the Blackwater
Warning of consequences if not prepared for the Blackwater
Be buried in the Blackwater
Reiteration of the potential burial in the Blackwater
I hold my head above, the water my love
Struggling to survive while expressing love in the face of adversity
Until the day the dove, returns with proof of You
Anticipating the day when evidence of the divine will be revealed
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