billy jonas / bridging divides

all the sages teach: answers are in reach / so I went out to repent for 10 days at the beach / standing at the edge, I make a solemn pledge / swim and pray everyday and let the ocean dredge me // here we go out into the water now, down in the deep; see what we will see / here we go out into the water now, down in the dark with the shells and the starfish // ready to dive in, I saw a dorsal fin / wallow through the shallows where I was about to swim / its hard to tell apart a dolphin and a shark / from a distance, so I went in for a little heart to heart // here we go out into the water now, down in the deep; see what we will see / here we go out into the water now, down in the dark with the  with the  // with the water to my shins  I received an answer / slate metal skin; head shaped like a hammer / let us raise a toast; seven feet away / to what we fear the most; gently come to pray / pray  // moving side by side, with a cautious stride / we endured until he turned and went out with the tide / I came back again, every day in 10 / scanned the coast, raised a toast  and dove in // here we go out into the water now, down in the deep; see what we will see / here we go out into the water now, down in the dark with the with the