Surrender and Certainty

written by: Sarah McLachlan

Lyrics

Smooth stones down by the waterside give in to ebb and flow
Collide in blindness embrace and part no fear of letting go
There’s no fight to get ahead, nowhere that they’d rather be

Safe in the arms of surrender and certainty
Caught in a moment and sure they’ll be carried
Take me back down to the water to feel that sure
Of anything….

I write your name down in the swollen sand and I walk out in the waves
I know you’re here I feel you all around me
In this sea of soothing grey
I don’t even feel the cold it’s warm as you wash over me

Safe in the arms of surrender and certainty
Caught in a moment and sure I’ll be carried
Take me back down to the water to feel that sure
Of anything…

Rain like tears stream down the windshield as we pull out on the road
You were the star by which I light my way
So how do I find my way now?

Back in the arms of surrender and certainty
Caught in a moment but sure we’ll be carried
I want to know what it feels like to be that sure
Of anything…

 

Appears on

Shine On (2014)

 

Versions

Album Version
from “Shine On”
Track length: 4:48

 

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Credits

Vocals, Piano: Sarah McLachlan
Drums: Brian Blade
Bass: Bill Gossage
Trumpet: Ingrid Jensen
Alto Saxophone: Christine Jensen
Tenor Saxophone: Joel Miller
Trombone: David Grott

 

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