Dead and Desert

Do not mistake my waving

For a drowning I hope to escape

I have come to occupy this sea

Completely willingly

I ran into its wild waters

Hoping to be swept away

Hoping it would pull me under

To that secret resting place

One that I admit I've never known

But through this quiet love has grown

And caused me to forget my own ability to swim

I will not float above, for life begins when I am plunged below

As I abandon everything I thought myself so wise to know

This flood, this flood, this raptured flow

Take me, toss me, to and fro

This flood, this flood, this vision swells

Oh Heaven, move us, make us tell!

The dead and desert thirst for what

The blossom holds tucked safe inside

The glory of this coming Kingdom

Longs to bloom, instead of hide

I will not float above, for life begins when I am plunged below

As I abandon everything I thought myself so wise to know

This flood, this flood, this raptured flow

Take me, toss me, to and fro

This flood, this flood, this vision swells

Oh heaven, move us, make us tell!

Return again, oh ransomed one

Shout with joy and come away

To Zion, as it welcomes you

Salvation's found you here, to stay