From the recording We're the Water in the Waves
This anthem, written to honor the ending of Leslie's co-ministry with David Morris, was recently selected to be sung at the UUMN 2016 Convention reading session in Madison, WI.
As of mid-July, this anthem has been accepted for publication by Imagine Music Publishing. Contact me to let me know if you are interested in programming this work.
Lyrics
We’re the water in the waves
We’ve been travelling as one,
Riding first the crest and then the drop
In the moon, we’ve been the shine.
Through the sun, we’ve made the clouds
Always moving like we’re never going to stop.
‘Cause we’re the water, just the water, in the waves.
We’re the water in the waves,
We’ve been part of one same flow
Whether moving through the mist or spray
While at times we’ve been a drop,
And in others soared as mist
We’ve been company for many a good day.
Just as the water, as the water, in the waves.
We’re the water in the waves,
Until we are no more
So we each take off for places yet unknown, as yet unknown
And when the words writ in the sand
Have vanished grain by grain.
We will never know the seeds already sown
For we’re the water, just the water, of the waves.
We’re the water in the waves,
and although we soon will part
We’ve a common path seen from afar.
In the flowing of a stream,
or a snowflake’s graceful fall
The deep connections nothing here can ever mar.
For we’re the water, as the water, in the waves
We’re the water in the waves.
Always dancing from these shores
We're connected by our common liquid heart
Yes, the tides have left us here
And we’ve nothing left to fear
For our nature is to part
To be the water, like we’re the water, in the waves—
Yes, we’re the water, just the water.
Part of water, still the water,
Still as water, we’re the water
In the waves—
We’re the water, just the water, in the waves.
We are the water in the waves.
We soon will part
We're the water,
as the water in the waves
Lyrics © 2015 Leslie Takahashi. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.