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Cliff Diving
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I stand atop the highest cliff
Trying to find my way back down
I could just jump and swim to shore
But there’s so many ways to drown
Stop
Wait a minute
There’s still time to think this through
There’s a million other things
That I could possibly do
Before I click
Pull the trigger
Make a choice that I can’t change
Take the puzzle of my life
And let it all get rearranged
It’s so much safer here above the water
No need to drop and get all wet
I might sink deep beneath if I should fall
Best to forget...
Then again
I’d really like to swim
When the water’s warm
You might as well jump right in
So maybe I’ll just dive
To get from here to there
I toe the edge, look down, and
No, I couldn’t dare
It’s so much safer here above the water
Feeling like you’re in control
But there’s no telling
What I’ll miss if I remain
A fearful soul…
Okay
So on the count of 3
1, 2…wait a minute
On the count of 3
1, 2…wait a minute
On the count of—
And then I surface and it’s not so bad
The sun is shining, the water’s warm,
And I’m alive
I think of every doubt I ever had
What other marvelous things
That I’ve deprived
Myself
Give me a minute
I might cry if I don’t drown
’Cause I’ve turned my back on many
Other things, and I’ve stepped down
Away from cliff sides
That I thought too tall to climb
Too high to fall from, water
Too deep to consider swimming
And I can’t fathom
All the times I’ve walked away
From favor and from fortune
Excuses and excuses pile up
A dam worth tearing down
It all gets in the way…
Strange, how perspectives change
When you’ve fallen from so high up
Above the water
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Ramshki Alley Syracuse, New York
ramscéalaí - Irish for "storyteller"...or "silly talker"
A Syracuse, NY-based rock band started by Ian Doherty & Eric Graf
Logo by Evan Bujold
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