Beneath the Waves

Swirling, whirling

Washes of calm, powerful tide

Shift like the sky above

Except here, the sky is a misted mirror

Everything beyond unseen,

Just a blur, masked by the waves

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Hold on tight as the currents lift you!

Let the ocean carry you on its arms

Don't care where or why you're going,

Just let freedom guide you

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Colours, swathes of dappled sunlight

Rippling across the floor

Colours dancing across my face

Giving me a glimpse of the shining heavens

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Swirling, whirling

Roaring spirits and sprites

Taking on the form of great creatures

Dancing as if the sea were only wind

And them, feathers on the breeze

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Of course, I cannot swim like them

All day I can only rest on the seabed

And watch as the wonderland unfolds before me

Day by day, by day

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This is my home—the undersea-wind furling

And sweeping and shimmering

A sunrise taking on a life of its own

Below the tide

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Hold on tight as the currents lift you.

Let the ocean carry you on its arms

Don't care where or why you're going,

Just let freedom guide you.

Freedom…

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I know I'll get to join them someday,

When I've evolved, and have grace of my own

Just wait a little longer, wait a little longer…

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Till then, it's all a great show to me

A play in infinite acts, on a thousand stages

A world of fantasy, of soaring and diving

Of swirling and of whirling

Always missed, never seen by the world above.