Dark Green Water

All things fade into dark green water down by the lake

Mistakes were made and that's the heart of this pain

But I'll rejoice, I won't give anything

But forgiveness once you have the courage to explain

I learned this phrase from my father

He said: No perfection can ever bring joy

Or: There's none without it

Like a life that has a start but no end

All aspiring comes with equal consequence

Like some things we abuse and the joys they prevent

And I'll numb or stall all fall and pretend

That dark water will cloak all our deepest intent

I said, you got this heart from your mother

She bears all our suffering through the longest of years

Too long lately, like a life that has a start but no end

I fear flawless life in a pure sense

Hold on best I can to a place where

All things fade into dark green water down by the lake

Mistakes were made and that's the heart of this pain but I'll reflect

I wont ask anything but forgiveness once I have the courage to explain