Em    D9/F#  G6             C
Standing        knee deep in cold water        
               Em        D9/F#  G6
Swiftly moving,  somehow
                     C
I knew I'd lost something

 Em   D9/F#  G6            C
Wading        waist deep I saw a book there in the river
 Em   D9/F#  G6                  C
Waiting       for me to find it there
 Em   D9/F#  G6           C
I tried       to read it, neck deep, treading water
 Em          D9/F#  G6                    C 
But the tide,         it pulled me out to sea

            C
Then, with water in my eyes
                                    Em
The words began to rise from their place
            C 
They were beautiful and dread
                                    Em
I reached for them and fed on each phrase

            Am
They were honey on my lips
                   G4/B       C
But then a bitter twist in my side
              Am
I knew they'd lay me in my grave
                         G4/B        C
"is there no one who can save me?" I cried

 Em     D9/F#  G6                 C
Sinking,        down deep through cold water and heavy silence
 Em    D9/F#  G6                 C
Shadows         stirring in the gloom
 Em        D9/F#  G6                 C
What things        that lay sleeping down deep in the darkness
 Em       D9/F#  G6
Woke then
                   C
To find me in that tomb?

           G
And when I lost all hope to look
        D9/F#
Someone took that heavy book -
        C              G
From my hands; all its weight they set aside
           D9/F#                C
After they had satisfied its demands

       Am
I felt white and black reverse
                  G4/B          C
And the lifting a curse from my heart
          Am
Then like one receiving sight
                     G4/B         C
I beheld a brilliant light in the dark