When the waters rose in the darkness    In the wake of the endless flood    It flowed into our memory -- it flowed into our blood       When something broke the surface    Just to see the starry dome --    We still feel that relation    When the water takes us home    In the flying spray of the ocean    The water takes you home --       Springing from the weight of the mountains    Like the heart of the earth would burst    Flowing out from marble fountains    In the dreams of a desert thirst       Something swam through the jungles    Where the mighty rivers roam --    Something breaks the silence    When the water takes you home    I hear the wordless voices    When the water takes me home --       Waves that crash on the shoreline    Torrents of tropical rain streaming down    Beyond our memory    Streaming down inside our veins       When something left the ocean    To crawl high above the foam --    We still feel that elation    When the water takes us home    In a driving rain of redemption    The water takes me home...