No I could not find any profundity in water
Below the strange surfaces I could not rediscover
What had once been, and still lingered, according to my father
No downward rocking called to me, the notice-board roster
Of drowned sailors' names worshiped only by my brother
No I could not find any profundity in water
By the house, separate rooms, kept away from the altar
Not drowned as a child, I knew no need to recover
What had once been, and still lingered, according to my father
No I could not find any profundity in water
For the longest time I tried to make the undertow my lover
But nothing could be bothered to sweep me off the altar
And drag me down, pin up my name, notice-board squatter
If I could find the nerve to go they'd have no need to cover
What had once been, and still lingered, according to my father;
Certainly no need there'd be to keep me from the altar
Tall I'd stand and fast I'd sink and they could call me brother
But no doom for I, but a cover-eyed land-daughter
No I could not find any profundity in water