Sweat and Salt Water IV (Version 2)

Verse

Collarbone holds the heat of the drum

Salt on the lip where the two tides come

Feet find the floor like the sea finds sand

Body keeps time with a tide-worn hand

Ribs pull tight then let the air go

Throat holds a hymn that the hips already know

Nothing but breath and the heat we made

Skin turns to shore where the current stayed

Pre-Chorus

Let the thirst rise, let it lead

Nothing to fight, just the body's need

Chorus

Sweat and salt water

Deep in the skin

Sweat and salt water

Let it begin

Sweat and salt water

Rising within

Sweat and salt water

Home where I've been

Verse

Spine bends soft where the current pulls

Throat opens wide to the drum that rules

Shoulders loosen like a shore at night

Body gives back what the dance ignites

Palms turn open, no more to prove

Hips remember the water's move

Nothing held back, nothing to save

Body becomes its own kind of wave

Pre-Chorus

Let the current climb, let it call

Nothing to hold, just the letting fall

Chorus

Sweat and salt water

Deep in the skin

Sweat and salt water

Let it begin

Sweat and salt water

Rising within

Sweat and salt water

Home where I've been

Bridge

Quiet now where the wave has been

Chest still salted, chest still clean

Water finds the low, low ground

Even stillness keeps the sound

Chorus

Sweat and salt water

Deep in the skin

Sweat and salt water

Let it begin

Sweat and salt water

Rising within

Sweat and salt water

Home where I've been