Standin' Knee Deep

There’ve been times in my life

When i’ve felt out of touch and half-crazy

Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by my side

There’s a numbness i’ve known,

All alone in some shimmering city

With bright lights around me

And nothing but shadows inside

There’ve been desperate times

When my heart was so dry

That i felt like my life was a curse

I was standin’ knee deep in the river and dyin’ of thirst

There are months at a time

When no reason nor rhyme can sustain me

When nothin’ makes sense

And everything turns upside-down

There are nights when i fight

To keep dreamin’ from driving me crazy

And i shut off my mind

Just to keep it from spinnin’ around

But it’s down in that quiet in that stillness i find

The sweet water for which i’ve longed searched

While standin’ knee deep in the river and dyin’ of thirst

So if you’re having times

When you feel out of touch and half-crazy

Lost in a crowd with lovers and friends by your side

If the game’s getting old,

And you’re cold and exhausted and maybe

You’d just like to cop-out and crumble,

Or lay down and die

If you come to a time when you need to decide

Friend, you might want to ask yourself first

Am i standin’ knee deep in the river and dyin’ of thirst?

’cause there’s a great river runs

From the heart of the sun

Through the soul of the whole universe

From the limitless light that brings order and might

To the substance of heaven and earth

And it’s down in that quiet, in that stillness inside

There’s a well we don’t seek ’til we hurt

From standin’ knee deep in the river and dyin’ of thirst

Yes, down in that quiet, in that stillness inside

Are sweet waters to heal this whole earth

That is standin’ knee deep in the river and dyin’ of thirst