The Glory of the Ocean

Glory! I saw the ocean from up on a hill
And I looked out upon the waves
I looked out upon the waves
Become individual things out of the mass
Eternal, breaking all over themselves
I looked at the waves, and felt surrounded
I felt the water deep in my lungs
I felt the water deep in my lungs
And I let myself slip away

Glory! Taking it in
My body, give it away
An empty space
With nothing after all

Yes! This is it! This is the ocean!
My body, give it away
Nothing to begin with
And nothing after all

(Rise and fall and rise and fall rise and fall)

Time held me green and dying
In the mercy of its means
Though I sang in my chains like the sea
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea