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Artist: Foy Vance
Canonical path: /foy-vance/treading-water
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Treading Water
Read Treading Water lyrics by Foy Vance on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Treading Water
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I will not hang around
For one defining day
When I figure out
What's happening
You can't expect me now
To sit around and wait
And yet not scream and shout
Oh it's too late
I need you now
Show me your crown
Or to bless the ground
On the path that I've found
Or to give or to take
Know I don't mind what you say
But I can't keep treading water this way
Some send an angel down
Like in the days of old
And then I'm me surrounded
By a heavenly girl
And let him talk out loud
So that I can be sure
Beyond a shadow of doubt
Once more
Just how long it will take
For my soul to come down
It's always awake
And wildly roaming 'round
In this deserted place
Oh, but roses have been found
Resembling your face
I need you now
To show me your crown
Or to bless the ground
On the path that I've found
Or to give or to take
Know I don't mind what you say
But I can't keep treading water this way
No, I can't keep treading water this way
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