Black Water
Album: Quakebook
By: fatblueman
By: fatblueman
Duration
4:04
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Description
As a father of young children the headline that hit me hardest in all the aftermath of the Japan quake was one about a nursery school bus that didn't escape the tsunami, and became a tomb for the driver and 7 little kids inside it. When we arrived in Tohoku with the relief agency a week after the quake hit, there were still many parents who didn't know the whereabouts of their children. This is a song I wrote for the survivors, thinking this is how I might feel if it were my kids that were ...
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Angry black water rushing in to wash my world away Nothing that's solid to grope for Time resurrects the will to turn houses into homes again But will I see you anymore Some that pain is right, like a medicine that goes down hard A good doctor's knife to hold still for But some say in darkest times we will rage against the dying light And all the lies that we fall for Are these all lies that we fall for? If love is all you need Then let it come find me And lead me back to you We're dying to believe If God is in control Then come and save our souls And fix all the mistakes made While you were on patrol If love is all you need Angry black water runs away like a thief in the night And leaves me to mourn with those who mourn My little children were so precious, precious in my sight But will I see you anymore
