Saltwater Baptism Lyrics

Wanting to be free from the frenzy

Repetition ‘til I’m insane

Lock me up in a straight jacket

‘Til I learn to smile through pain

Every night found in a new gutter

Every day I reached a new low

Who I asked will save me from the motion

Every time I push the world pulls

Waves crash down on tideless beaches

Structures tearing me to pieces

Talk about leaps of faith

I step out onto the water

Faithlessly my steps falter

Give me something to hold onto

Ignorant of the higher graces

Bootstraps deadly with lead

I became acquainted with the places

Dark enough to hide my shame

Quickly I descended into madness

Killing wholly who I should be

Thoughts ran quickly, my manic sadness

Only wanting to break free

Waves crash down on tideless beaches

Structures tearing me to pieces

Talk about leaps of faith

Saved by the breadth of his consolation

Saved from the breadth of my desolation

Give me something to hold onto

Waves crash down on tideless beaches

Structures tearing me to pieces

Talk about leaps of faith

I stepped out onto the water

Faithlessly my steps falter

Now I see the roots of the madness

Soaked in blood so holy it feigns

Sweetness doused in a flames so righteous

That of which I never have seen

Lost was I without you, truly

Can’t quite find the words to describe

Pain I came to know as existence

‘Twas by self sacrifice revived