Into the Water

there’s a million reasons floating in the air,
so I just stand and stare
at the grass stains on our jeans
from summertime
remember when we walked the field
between the creek and hillside
on the way home from school
we cut off every corner,
and were still late coming home
because we never wanted to go
friendships will be missed
but the memory remains
the sun may have set
but I will never forget
those days
we’d catch minnows with our bare hands
in the icy cold water running through a creek
into the river
the mighty susquehanna
so grand and vast but it still felt like home
we’d sit at the old bridge piers and watch the sun fall into the clouds
into the hills over the river
its reflection sinking deeper and deeper into the water
the cold air rising and enveloping us
catching us
we’ll call it ours
because that’s what we do
we take this world, this town,
and we make it ours
we own these streets
and we will until we die.
(chorus: repeat till fade)
we’re at the end, but it’s only the start
the water’s edge in the town where we’ve lived for so long
chapter one was nothing more than a test
we’re setting sail into the water, and we’ll hope for the best