Testing the Water

Same sea, same sky

Oh I’m dreaming up a new life with

My eyes upon the other side

Pulled out by the tide

I couldn’t be further

Out here in a new land

I couldn’t be bolder

I’m just testing the water

I go, somewhere that I’ve been before

Lost myself in many a shore

Self-assured, but this Atlantic calls for me

I couldn’t be further

Out here in a new land

I couldn’t be bolder

I’m just testing the water

And I thought I’d write you home

To let you know

How far I’ve got to go

Let the dizzying chill clean out the wounds

That lay on my back

And carry me home

Oh, the fear

Somehow it doesn’t disappear

How it rattles loud and clear

A presence so near

A westerly wind

Calling in your ear